Kacey Musgraves hit back at Kristi Noem after the former homeland security secretary mocked her online, turning the row into a reference to Noem’s memoir claim that she shot her dog.
01Summary
- 01Kristi Noem posted on X that she would take Ella Langley over Kacey Musgraves and Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
- 02Musgraves replied: “I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.”
- 03Noem’s comment came after Texas Democratic senatorial candidate James Talarico attended a Musgraves concert and thanked her online.
- 04Noem became known for a memoir anecdote about shooting her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, in a gravel pit.
- 05The story says Noem has not posted again on X since Musgraves’ reply.
02Why it matters
The exchange drew attention because it involved a high-profile political figure and a major country-pop singer, and it revived controversy around Noem’s past remarks. It also showed Musgraves publicly taking a political stance in a very visible way.
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