Yup. Exactly. Sooooo many steps between young birddog overdoing it and shooting the dog in the head.
Apparently though, it’s an open secret in South Dakota politics that she basically rage-quit and shot the dog because it embarrassed her and she’s volatile and awful, and the work crew she mentioned (really safe choice, btw) all saw it. This may have been the best possible spin she could put on it, which is… disturbing.