NBC News reports:
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum spoke before a large crowd of Donald Trump supporters Saturday in the latest sign that the competition to be the former president’s running mate is heating up among vice presidential hopefuls.
Burgum, who was among Trump’s opponents in the Republican primary before dropping out, praised the presumptive nominee and bashed President Joe Biden in brief remarks at the New Jersey rally.
“Working with President Trump as a governor was like having a beautiful breeze that your back,” Burgum said, adding that working under the “Biden regulatory regime is like having a gale force wind in your face because the Biden bureaucrats are treating our constitutional republic like a dictatorship.”
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North Dakota Governor Douglas Burgum is here in Wildwood stumping for Trump. He told the crowd Biden’s administration was a dictatorship.
Burgum is considered in the running for Trump’s VP pick. pic.twitter.com/v47UeILxKw
— Jesse Bunch (@JesseBunch_) May 11, 2024
👀Trump when talking about Gov. Burgum at his rally in Wildwood, NJ: “And you won’t you won’t find anybody better than this gentleman…he made his money in technology, but he probably knows more about energy than anybody I know. So get ready for something. okay, just get ready.
— Olivia Rinaldi (@olivialarinaldi) May 11, 2024
A plane is flying around the Trump rally in Wildwood, NJ with a banner that says “SCOTUS: Justice can’t wait!” pic.twitter.com/bCOA4N9wr4
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