The president of the Heritage Foundation allegedly told people he killed a dog because of its incessant barking

Republicans have a dog-killing problem. Just a few short months after Kristi Noem’s graphic tale about shooting her 14-month-old puppy in the head hit bookshelves as part of her panned autobiography,

Former colleagues told the Guardian that Kevin Roberts, who is now the president of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, described killing a neighbor's pit bull around 2004. Roberts has denied killing the dog.