Kristi Noem might think twice the next time she tries to dig at Kacey Musgraves.

The Grammy-winning country star has faced a slew of recent backlash from MAGA warriors since James Talarico — the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Texas — posted about attending her show Saturday in Dallas.

Noem, 54, shared a screenshot of Talarico’s post on X and said that she preferred “Choosin’ Texas” country singer Ella Langley to Musgraves, as well as Talarico’s opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to him.

“I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day,” the former Department of Homeland Security secretary said in the Monday post. “And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.”

However, Noem’s snarky message backfired when Musgraves, who has a noted record of calling out Donald Trump and members of his administration, responded with a dig at her puppy-killing past. “I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it,” the 38-year-old singer wrote.

Although Noem has faced a number of controversies in recent years — from rumors about an alleged affair with her staffer Corey Lewandowski to her ex-husband’s crossdressing being exposed — Musgraves was referring to the infamous scandal that put her on the map.

The one-time South Dakota governor became famous after she confessed in an anecdote in her 2024 memoir that she shot her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, to death after deeming the puppy “untrainable.”

“I hated that dog,” she wrote in No Going Back, adding that the animal was “worthless as a hunting dog” and “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.”

She bragged at the time that it was a story that showed her as a “responsible parent, dog owner, and neighbor.” However, it led to her being widely mocked on the political spectrum.

Despite a book published earlier this year claiming that Trump viewed Noem’s penchant for murdering animals as an advantage, Noem was fired from her role as DHS secretary in March of this year after a series of more controversies. She now works as the U.S. special envoy to the Shield of the Americas under his administration.

Noem did not respond after Musgraves’s post, although fans took to the comments to cheer on the “Space Cowboy” singer. The Independent has contacted Noem for comment.

After the exchange, Talarico posted another picture of himself with Musgraves and captioned it, “Don’t mess with Texas.”

Langley, for her part, did not appear to appreciate Noem’s remarks either, as the singer untagged herself from the original post.