WASHINGTON ― Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) slammed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) for shooting her dog and rejected comparisons to his own canine controversy during the 2012 presidential campaign.
“I guess it kind of makes it a little difficult for President Trump to find someone to be his [vice president]. He has to look for someone smarter than him, [a] better speaker than him and, like him, does not get burdened with principles,” Romney told HuffPost on Tuesday.
The Utah senator also pushed back on the notion that Noem’s “tale of slaughter” in her upcoming political memoir is anything like him being criticized for tying his dog Seamus to the roof of the family car during a cross-country trip, an account that polarized a lot of voters during the campaign.
“I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me,” Romney said.
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