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Skip to contentSkip to site indexSearch & Section NavigationSection Navigation SEARCH SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Book Review|Why Kristi Noem Is in the Doghouse https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/books/review/kristi-noem-president-pet-dogs.html * Share full article * * * U.S. SECTIONS * U.S. * Politics * New York * California * Education * Health * Obituaries * Science * Climate * Sports * Business * Tech * The Upshot * The Magazine U.S. POLITICS * 2024 Elections * Primary Results * Supreme Court * Congress * Biden Administration TOP STORIES * Trump Investigations * Immigration * Abortion * The Eric Adams Administration NEWSLETTERS * The Morning Make sense of the day’s news and ideas. * The Upshot Analysis that explains politics, policy and everyday life. See all newsletters PODCASTS * The Daily The biggest stories of our time, in 20 minutes a day. * The Run-Up On the campaign trail with Astead Herndon. 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LEAGUES * NFL * MLB * NBA * Premier League * NCAAF * NCAAM * NHL * NCAAW * MLS * Formula 1 * NWSL * Golf TOP STORIES * Today's News * 2024 NFL Draft * MLB Standings * Olympics NEWSLETTERS * The Pulse Delivering the top stories in sports, Sunday to Friday. * Scoop City The top stories in the NFL, from Jacob Robinson with Dianna Russini. * The Windup The biggest stories in baseball, by Levi Weaver with Ken Rosenthal. * The Athletic FC Renowned soccer writer Phil Hay's daily newsletter unpacks the truth behind the game's biggest stories. The Athletic is included in an All Access subscription. Learn more. After this photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson lifting his pet beagle by the ears appeared in Life magazine in 1964, a public outcry ensued.Credit...Cecil Stoughton/LBJ Presidential Library Critic’s Notebook WHY KRISTI NOEM IS IN THE DOGHOUSE Americans like their politicians to be dog people. Gov. Noem broke the mold. After this photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson lifting his pet beagle by the ears appeared in Life magazine in 1964, a public outcry ensued.Credit...Cecil Stoughton/LBJ Presidential Library Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT * Share full article * * By A.O. Scott * Published May 6, 2024Updated May 8, 2024, 12:10 a.m. ET In April 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was photographed lifting one of his beagles (he had two, named Him and Her) by the ears. The picture, published in Life magazine, caused widespread public outcry. Johnson apologized — and after leaving the White House released an EP called “Dogs Have Always Been My Friends.” But the episode became part of his legend and legacy. The immediate political fallout, though, was minimal. Johnson won the 1964 presidential election in a landslide. There’s no indication that manhandling his dog helped him defeat Barry Goldwater, but it doesn’t seem to have hurt. Kristi Noem is no L.B.J. The South Dakota governor, frequently mentioned as a potential running mate for Donald J. Trump, wrote in “No Going Back,” her just-published memoir, about shooting Cricket, her family’s 14-month-old German wirehair pointer. The criticism has been ferocious, including from within Noem’s party. Trump, whose non-love for dogs is well-documented, has expressed his revulsion, as has Mitt Romney, who dealt with a canine-mistreatment scandal of his own during the 2012 campaign. Appearing on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Noem was unapologetic. She insisted that Cricket, whom she described in her book as an “untrainable” chicken-killer, got what was coming. More than that, she tried to reclaim political advantage by giving the issue a partisan, culture-war spin. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT What about Joe Biden? Not that he’s a puppy killer. Quite the contrary: Noem criticized the president for not euthanizing — or just plain blowing away — Commander, a German shepherd and serial biter who has attacked, according to Noem, “24 Secret Service people.” “How many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog?” she said. In her book, she implies that, were she in the executive branch, she’d take out Biden’s dog herself: “Commander, say hello to Cricket for me.” All of this has been portrayed as a career-detonating political blunder, a monumental failure to read the room, which in mid-2020s America is strewed with dismembered chew toys. We may not like one another all that much these days, but red or blue, MAGA or woke, we sure do love dogs. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. A.O. Scott is a critic at large for The Times’s Book Review, writing about literature and ideas. He joined The Times in 2000 and was a film critic until early 2023. More about A.O. Scott A version of this article appears in print on May 8, 2024, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: Americans Like Their Leaders to Be Dog People. One Governor Broke the Mold.. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe See more on: Lyndon B. Johnson * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options