Kristi Noem Tells Stuart Varney 'You Need To Stop' In Testy Exchange About Dog

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) got into a testy exchange with Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Tuesday as he doggedly asked questions about her dog-shooting scandal.

“Do you think it was good politics to include that story?” Varney asked the governor, referring to an anecdote she put in her book, “No Going Back,” about killing her dog, Cricket, for being “less than worthless” as a hunting dog.

In response, Noem claimed that her “political opponents have used it for years,” so she thought people should “know the truth on it.”

But it was when Varney started asking Noem questions about whether she had spoken to former President Donald Trump since the story broke that she had a cow.

Initially, she seemed OK with the line of questioning, telling Varney that she regularly talks to Trump and they “absolutely” spoke after the dog-killing story broke.

But she snapped after Varney asked her what Trump thought about her current situation.

“Enough, Stuart. This interview is ridiculous, what you are doing right now,” Noem griped. “You need to stop.”

She then asked Varney to “talk about some real topics that Americans care about,” but, sadly for her, he broke the news that they were out of time.

Noem has faced hard questions about her new book, but she may not have expected a Fox-employed host to ask non-softball questions.

It must have been a double shock for the governor in a separate interview on Tuesday, when Newsmax host Rob Finnerty pressed Noem on a dubious claim in “No Going Back” that she previously met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Although the anecdote is being removed from the book, Noem has refused to explain how it got in there or if the encounter really happened.

“Governor, that never happened, did it?” Finnerty asked