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joined the Republican presidential sweepstakes in a position similar to the one he held when entering his first bid to become North Dakota governor: as a successful entrepreneur running as a long shot.
“The economy needs to be the absolute top priority,” said Burgum, whose other campaign pillars will be energy and national security. He said he will battle “Biden-induced inflation” by cutting “mountains of red tape” and unleashing business dynamism.
“Innovation over regulation — we do that every day in North Dakota,” the entrepreneur-turned-politician said. “Regulation looks backward, innovation looks towards the future.”
Burgum’s announcement came before a friendly crowd from the stage of the Sanctuary Events Center, a former Lutheran church his real-estate development firm, Kilbourne Group, renovated and reimagined, a nod to one of his entrepreneurial accomplishments.
In a speech sprinkled with references to his background growing up in tiny Arthur, a town of 300, Burgum celebrated “small-town common sense.”
“It shouldn’t be a surprise that small-town values have guided me my entire life,” he said. adding that his mission was to bring out the best in America.
“America has led the way,” Burgum said in an upbeat speech. “Today, we live in a world of abundance because of American innovation.”
Economic and energy policy are entwined with national security, he said. “We need to stop buying energy from our enemies and start selling to our friends and allies.”
Burgum emphasized unifying themes and invoked neighborly cooperation as a model for finding common purpose.
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