Trump/Burgum 2024?
by Douglas MacKinnon, opinion contributor - 01/16/24 1:00 PM ET
I’ve written in the past that during the early GOP presidential campaign debates, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum came across as the adult in the room. Burgum proved himself to be articulate, authentic and funny. He spoke atop a platform of vast experience and came across as presidential. And yet most Americans don’t know his name. Why?
Well, unfortunately for Burgum, most of the media — including much of the conservative media — unfairly relegated him to second-tier status in a class of candidates that included Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and even entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. On top of that, the debate moderators for those first two debates failed to give Burgum his deserved amount of time and number of questions.
Burgum could have easily channeled the late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield by declaring, “I tell ya, I get no respect!”
How interesting — in a poetic justice kind of way — would it be if Burgum ends up having the last laugh when it comes to that undeserved disrespect. Last Sunday, Burgum not only endorsed former President Trump for president, but became the first former Republican primary candidate for president to do so.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4411172-trump-burgum-2024/
