South Dakota GOP Gov. Kristi Noem’s memoir includes a false anecdote about a meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while she served as the state’s representative in Congress, according to reports.
The excerpt from Noem’s book “No Going Back,” first flagged by South Dakota politics outlet The Dakota Scout , details meetings with multiple world leaders through her tenure on the House Armed Services Committee.
“I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un,” she wrote in the book set to be released Tuesday. “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).”
But Noem’s spokesperson seemed to confirm to Politico and other news outlets that the story is not accurate and that the book will be corrected to remove it.
“It was brought to our attention that the upcoming book ‘No Going Back’ has two small errors,” Noem’s spokesperson Ian Fury told the New York Times . “This has been communicated to the ghostwriter and editor. Kim Jong-un was included in a list of world leaders and shouldn’t have been.”