Kristi Noem Made Yet Another False Claim in Her Book

Kristi Noem just can’t get her facts straight. After a flopped press tour for her new book—where she confronted questions over anecdotes on meeting North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un (she didn’t) and killing her dog (she did)—Noem also falsely claimed in her book that Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) called for former President Donald Trump to drop out in 2016. Noem claimed that Rounds and the “entire delegation in South Dakota was not supportive of Trump” after the Access Hollywood tape came out. “Every one of the Republicans called for Trump to drop out of the race, which meant they believed Hillary Clinton should be the next president. Amazing, right?” she wrote. But Rounds’ camp is contesting this. “We have not read the book, but someone pointed out that among the inaccuracies, there was one that referenced Sen. Rounds,” Rounds spokeswoman Lydia Hall told The Dakota Scout. “We’ve asked the publisher to correct that error in their next revision and they confirmed that they are making the correction after reviewing the facts.”