Tag Archive for: Doug Burgum

As Trump threatens to jail election officials, Burgum praises him for “putting people on notice”

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September 10, 2024

FARGO – On Saturday, Former President Donald Trump posted on his own social media platform, “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences,” and added, “Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

When asked to react to this by NBC’s Kristen Welker, Burgum said Trump was “just putting people on notice.” Previously, Burgum had said he would not do business with Trump, but rolled back those statements in a move many thought to be an overtly opportunistic push to become Trump’s Vice Presidential candidate.

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “Trump’s continued threats against election officials are unpatriotic and unAmerican. Burgum and the NDGOP have surrendered their brains to Trump and betrayed American democracy. North Dakotans have always been an independent, free-thinking people, and it is not our way to think how someone else tells us to. We deserve elected officials who will respect our right to vote, not puppets who try to sanewash the bluster and threats Trump uses to cover his cognitive decline. Our lawmakers don’t answer to a president or a presidential candidate, they answer to the American people. Our Democratic-NPL candidates like Katrina Christiansen for Senate, Trygve Hammer for House, and Merrill Piepkorn will always think for themselves and do what’s best for North Dakotans. Why won’t the Republicans?”

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May Consumer Price Index Report shows Biden is Fighting Inflation says Democratic-NPL Chair

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June 13, 2024

FARGO – Yesterday, the U.S. Labor Department released the latest consumer price index report showing that inflation is cooling under President Joe Biden’s leadership.

Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn remarked, “The Consumer Price Index report shows us that Biden is fighting every day to lower costs for North Dakotans. President Biden and Vice President Harris will continue fighting to grow the middle class and lower costs. Trump’s plan will raise prices on working Americans while rigging the economy for himself and his billionaire buddies like Doug Burgum.”

President Biden and Vice President Harris are delivering in North Dakota and across the country while Trump pushes a disastrous economic agenda for working North Dakotans:

● Economic growth and employment remain strong, and overall inflation is still down by two-thirds from its peak.

● The US economy added 272,000 jobs last month — bringing the total number of jobs created since President Biden took office to a record 15.6 million jobs including 28,200 jobs in North Dakota.

● Trump had the worst jobs record of any president since the Great Depression and his plans could supercharge inflation.

● Trump plans to implement an across-the-board tariff that would raise the cost of goods and could cost North Dakota families an extra $1,500 per year.

● Trump and his billionaire allies like Doug Burgum want to give yet another tax windfall to big corporations, potentially exploding the national debt by another $1 trillion.