Posted on 07/02/2024 5:39:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has emerged as a leading vice presidential candidate for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run.
Coming seemingly out of nowhere, Burgum is now being aggressively astroturfed as the new sensation of the conservative media establishment, particularly by globalist-run Fox News. Burgum is saying all the right things as he sees a potential vice presidential nomination in his future.
However, before Burgum became the darling of the conservative media gatekeepers, he was a typical globalist politician with deep ties to China and Bill Gates who vetoed bills to protect children from transgenderism and trashed Trump on the campaign trail.
BURGUM SUPPORTED SELLING CRUCIAL FARMLAND TO CHINA, GIVING THEM POTENTIAL ACCESS TO MILITARY SECRETS
In 2021, Burgum was a vocal advocate of selling 300 acres of premium North Dakota farmland to a Chinese food manufacturing company. The location would have been only 20 minutes from the Grand Forks Air Force Base where sophisticated military drones are regularly tested.
When it was announced that the Chinese Fufeng Group would dump $700 million into its colonization project within North Dakota, Burgum saw the dollar signs and endorsed the deal wholeheartedly.
“Adding value to our corn and other raw commodities is critical to North Dakota’s long-term economic success, and this value-added project represents a huge opportunity for producers and workers in the Grand Forks area and our entire state,” Gov. Doug Burgum said in a statement.
The deal only fell through after significant public backlash and opposition from the Air Force exposed how dangerous it was.
“Grand Forks Air Force Base is the center of military activities related to both air and space operations,” the Air Force wrote in a letter addressed to North Dakota Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer.
“While [the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States] concluded that it did not have jurisdiction, the Department’s view is unambiguous: the proposed project presents a significant threat to national security with both near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area,” the Air Force continued.
BURGUM IS A BILL GATES CRONY GOING BACK TO HIS DAYS IN THE TECH INDUSTRY
Burgum made his millions by seizing control of Great Plains Software, a firm that provided accounting software to small and medium-sized businesses. He sold out to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001, becoming life-time friends with Bill Gates in the process.
Gates kept Burgum around at Microsoft as the manager of Microsoft Business Solutions following the acquisition. When Burgum retired from being a corporate raider and joined the political world, he kept his ties with Gates intact and made it clear that Gates was highly influential in shaping his gubernatorial agenda.
In 2017, Gates visited North Dakota where he met with Gov. Burgum. Burgum bragged on social media about the visit where he gushed about Gates’ work in promoting globalism.
“Tremendously grateful to welcome Bill Gates to North Dakota this past weekend for a wide-ranging conversation on the important issues facing citizens in our state, and around the world. Harnessing technology is key to driving innovation in all areas of government, from healthcare and addiction, to justice reform, education and infrastructure. Bill’s leadership and commitment to improving the world around him is an inspiration for finding creative solutions to 21st century challenges,” Burgum said in a Facebook post.
Gates donated $100,000 to Burgum’s gubernatorial campaign in 2016. Perhaps as a result of his campaign contributions to Burgum, Gates was able to flout state laws meant to protect small farmers and swallow up 2,100 acres of prime farm land through his ‘Red River Trust’ shell organization.
“The governor strongly supports family farms and is open to discussions about cutting red tape that puts North Dakota farmers at a disadvantage compared with neighboring states and ensuring that our ranchers and farmers can succeed and grow their operations, helping rural communities to thrive,” Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki said after news of Gates’ farmland purchase drew widespread outrage.
Despite the lip service from Burgum’s administration, former North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture Sarah Vogel stated that Burgum’s AG stonewalled her investigation into Gates’ seemingly illegal land grab. She noted that the AG did not even have access to the Red River Trust’s documents before approving the deal.
“Bill Gates is a very wealthy man. He’s a close associate of the Governor who appointed [Attorney General] Drew Wrigley to the office that he holds. And I would say Attorney General Wrigley’s behavior is such that he’s shown he’s not committed to enforcing the law,” Vogel said.
BURGUM’S LIBERAL RECORD AS GOVERNOR ON GREEN ENERGY, TRANSGENDERISM, SCHOOL POLICY
As one would expect from a Bill Gates acolyte, Burgum pushes policies that are left of center on many key issues, including green energy, transgenderism and school policy.
In 2021, Burgum vetoed legislation that would have banned transgender athletes from competing in sporting events outside of their birth gender.
“North Dakota has fairness in girls’ and boys’ sports in large part because of the caring and thoughtful leadership of the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) Board and its members,” Burgum said at the time to justify his cowardice. “We have every confidence they will continue to ensure a level playing field for the more than 27,000 students who participate in North Dakota high school sports.”
Burgum doubled down on his support of transgenderism in 2023 when he vetoed legislation that would have banned the use of transgender pronouns by public school officials.
“The teaching profession is challenging enough without the heavy hand of state government forcing teachers to take on the role of pronoun police,” Burgum stated in a letter. “Parents, teachers and administrators using compassion, empathy and common sense can address individual and infrequent situations that may arise.”
In that same year, Burgum vetoed school choice legislation promoted by conservatives in North Dakota. The legislation would have earmarked $10 million in the general fund for educational reimbursement meant to give more options to North Dakota families. Burgum vetoed the legislation and claimed he did so because the measure did “not go far enough.”
“Simply put, [the legislation] does not go far enough to promote competition and expand choice in K-12 education,” Burgum wrote. “If not done correctly now, this bill could impede our ability to expand school choice in a meaningful way in the years ahead.”
Burgum also invited Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to his state where they spread propaganda in a bipartisan manner about global warming. Burgum even stated that his plan to make North Dakota “carbon neutral” by 2030, a plan that would destroy the oil industry that sustains North Dakota’s prosperity.
“This may seem like a moonshot, but it’s actually not,” Burgum said during a conference featuring oil workers and executives in 2021, touting his goals for net zero carbon in the state. “This is actually completely doable.”
“To be able to say you’re going to be a state that is putting its stake in the ground for zero carbon, when you have such a fossil fuel history, is really courageous and it’s great leadership. It means you’re going to invest in the technology that it takes to get there, as a goal,” Granholm said, praising Burgum’s green policies.
BURGUM HAS PUBLICLY DISAVOWED TRUMP ON MANY OCCASIONS
Burgum ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, in a failed long-shot candidacy, with the hopes of keeping President Trump off the ballot.
Amidst Trump’s many politically-charged prosecutions, Burgum stated in 2023 that he would no longer be willing to do business with Trump.
“I don’t think so,” Burgum said to NBC News when asked whether he would do business with Trump. “I just think that it’s important that you’re judged by the company you keep.”
Burgum is also an election fraud denier who has made it clear that he believes Biden is the lawful and legitimate President.
“I believe that Joe Biden won the election,” Burgum said to ABC last year.
Burgum was also one of the many Republicans who threw Trump under the bus in 2016 after his controversial “Access Hollywood” recordings were released to the public.
“These comments are offensive, wrong, and unacceptable. It is disappointing that our presidential nominating system produced two flawed candidates,” Burgum said.
Burgum’s record should disqualify him as a vice presidential candidate. He would be the globalist Trojan Horse planted in the administration by the Deep State, similar to former Indiana Governor Mike Pence, to severely undermine President Trump’s America First agenda.
Yeh, he’s a no go. I looked into JD Vance the other day and he may not be a bad choice. His voting record is decent and he’s a populist. He came up the hard way from a rough background.
No. GHWB 3.0.
Hmmmmm….
“Stefanik.”
Hadn’t considered her prior. Oddly, wsj has a piece on her today.
>>>>>Somebody flash a Queen of Diamonds at him and watch for the reaction.<<<<<
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Burgum is tightly connected to academia and does not support accountability measures of any worth for colleges and universities. Do research on his actions in North Dakota relative to those issues. He just manipulated the firing of the Chancellor of the system up there because the Chancellor was trying to push more stringent accountability for the largest institutions and reduce budgets because of declining enrollments.
Tulsi !
Up to this point, I have been in favor of Stefanik in that regard. I have yet to be convinced otherwise. Her articulate support for Trump and fearless opposition to rigged elections are evident.
DJT might do just as well as walking into the crowd at one of his rallies and picking someone at random for his VP pick, everyone in DC has a tonne of silly baggage it seems.
He “grew” on abortion. That’s enough for me to dismiss him.
So I guess Doug will be the VP pick, since the long knives are coming out. He is better than Vivek.
But we need a smooth talking motivational speaker like vivik
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Another “smooth talking motivational speaker” from 90 years ago comes to mind. And that is the last thing the US needs.
IMO it won’t be Tulsi. Haley has been to quiet as of late. Makes my spidy senses on edge,
yes to Vivek!
Trump needs to pick whoever is the most like him (a fighter). Considering the guns arraigned against a 2nd Trump administration, he can’t afford anyone who is not “on the team”. Hopefully, he’s wised up to the tactics of the deep state and Republican establishment and won’t repeat the errors in judgement of his first tour.
IMHO I think that this guy and Scott are not true believers and nothing more than opportunists. Say the right things just to get the votes, then once in office, they will just “play the game”.
“No matter who Trump picks there will be infighting here at FR. And no matter who Trump picks, that person could be another Pence 2.0.”
Even though I have been fooled in the past (many times)... I seriously doubt that Byron Donalds would turn out to be another turncoat Pence. He seems to be a solid conservative and he would further bring the black vote to the Trump tent. He, being a solid conservative, probably means that he has no chance at the VP slot, however. I know how these things go now.
I agree about Vivik. All we’ve heard about Burgum is he was a businessman before entering politics.
This is very useful information...
~~Hopefully, Don Jr is aware of this snake and can inform DJT before it’s too late.~~
That’s for sure. I don’t think Trump has the best advisors around him but he - WE - can trust Don Jr., to spell it out and hopefully, he’s on it!
“Another “smooth talking motivational speaker” from 90 years ago comes to mind. And that is the last thing the US needs.”
I’m thinking of a “smooth talking motivational community organizer” that is the dead last thing the US needs more of.
The US needs truthtellers for a refreshing change over the past three-plus years. But the trick is to find such people within the current political pool of VP candidates. All we can go by is the candidate’s record. We do NOT need another squish RINO/Judas like Pence turned out to be.
~~recognize the value of a female VP~~
NO - absolutely NO!!!!
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