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White House hits back at Noem’s comments about Commander after it’s revealed her first publisher told her to drop the dead dog story

Source: Fox News

The White House has hit back at Kristi Noem’s suggestion that Joe Biden’s dog Commander should have been shot for biting Secret Service members, as it emerged her publishers had previously tried to prevent her from writing about killing her own dog.

The South Dakota governor was chided by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre who warned her that she should "stop digging herself into a hole“ over the bizarre issue.

At the daily briefing on Monday, Ms Jean-Pierrefor biting members at least two dozen times between October 2022 and June 2023.

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