Newsmax Host Concocts Wild Excuses For Kristi Noem Book That Even She Shoots Down [Video]

Newsmax host Eric Bolling on Monday asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) if a “liberal plant” on the publisher’s editing staff had sabotaged her book after two passages landed her in hot water. (Watch the video below.)

Noem’s publicity tour for “No Going Back” has hit notable roadblocks over her apparently false claim that she met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a cold-hearted segment in which she described shooting her 14-month-old dog because it misbehaved.

While it’s no surprise that the right-wing channel is playing apologist for Noem’s predicament, Bolling went way too far.

He called on his own experience in writing books and described the exchange back-and-forth between author and editors, who “add” or “subtract.”

“Here’s my question,” he said. “The editor, was she possibly a plant, a liberal plant, because I’m not sure either one of these stories ― the dog story or the North Korea story ― …