There are witnesses to the puppy murder (construction crew) so this is her way of getting ahead of the story before someone else tells it (AFAIK so far we’ve only heard her version; maybe reality is even worse)

That is what Democrats in the state legislature are claiming. That this was known in a lot of circles already and there were witnesses.

So this was damage control. The worst attempt at damage control I've ever seen.

Even Republicans love dogs.