I cannot understand how Kristi Noem did not think that she would be called out on the claim she met with Kim Jong-un? Very few people have ever met with Kim Jong-un and why would he ever meet with the governor of South Dakota? This was a falsity that was easy for any journalist to sniff out. So instead of owning up to the lie in her book she has instead been calling it “fake news”. There is definitely plenty examples of fake news out there, but this incident is definitely not one of them:

But more broadly, it seems these stories are in No Going Back because Noem wanted the book to convey to Donald Trump and his supporters that she’s not like the other politicians on his VP shortlist: She’s tough, she’s folksy, and she isn’t afraid to do what needs to be done, whether that means standing up to a foreign dictator or shooting a puppy.

So it isn’t surprising that Noem is trying to defend herself by using a classic MAGA tactic: saying she’s the victim of the “Fake News.” But it is pretty funny, since the “news” in question is just stuff she said in her own book. (…..)

Ironically, in her next two interviews, Noem seemed to “run from the truth.” Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan asked the governor a simple question: “Did you meet Kim Jong-un?”

Though Noem acknowledged that the claim is being removed from the book, she refused to answer the question directly, weirdly emphasizing that she’s met plenty of world leaders.

“As soon as this was brought to my attention, I certainly made some changes and looked at this passage,” Noem said. “And I’ve met with many, many world leaders. I’ve traveled around the world. As soon as it was brought to my attention, we went forward and have made some edits.”

Brennan kept pressing Noem on how the false claim got into the book and why it took her so long to catch it, since the governor read the audiobook herself. Brennan noted that this wasn’t a passing reference to Kim; Noem remarks in the book, “I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”

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You can read more at the link, but I think she has effectively ended any hope she had of being a vice presidential candidate.