North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, one of the former 2024 GOP primary challengers, came on stage to announce his endorsement of former President Donald Trump at Sunday's campaign rally in Indianola, Iowa.
"Four years ago I was speaking on behalf of President Trump at the Iowa caucuses in Sioux City, and today I'm here to do something that none of the other presidential primary candidates have done, and that's endorse Donald J. Trump for the president of the United States of America," Burgum said when brought on stage by Trump at the rally, which aired live on Newsmax and simulcast on the Newsmax2 online streaming platform.
"I've had an opportunity to have a front row seat. I've seen President Trump and what he's been able to do. I've seen it as a business leader, and I've seen it as a governor. I've seen the difference that President Trump can make."
Burgum has stepped out of the GOP primary after the initial debates and before the voting, but he is now stumping for Trump against President Joe Biden.
"Now I've had a chance as governor to see what the world is like under Joe Biden in America," Burgum said. "America needs an 180-degree change in the direction of where Joe Biden has taken us. Joe Biden has been wrong on the economy. He's wrong on energy, and he's wrong on national security. Biden's policies are empowering our enemies and they hurt America.
"Biden's inflation has raised the cost of food that you put on your table. It's raised the cost of gas you put in your car. That's what happens when we put someone in the White House like Joe Biden, unlike President Trump, but we put someone in the White House who's never created a job in the private sector – what a contrast to President Trump.
"President Trump protected our borders. He cut red tape like no president has ever done before. He passed the largest tax cuts in the history of America, and he's supercharged our economy."
Trump will ultimately "deliver energy dominance," Burgum concluded.
"Under President Trump, America was safe and prosperous, and tomorrow when you caucus you have an opportunity to send a message to the nation and send a message to the world that Donald J. Trump will make America great again," he said.
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