'Brutality is the point': Conservative blames Kristi Noem's horror story on modern day GOP

In her new book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward," South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem describes, in detail, the time she shot and killed her puppy.

Noem writes, "I hated that dog…. I had to put her down."

Critics of the far-right Republican governor, who is being mentioned as a possible running mate for presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, are wondering why she included that anecdote in her book — what was the point?