Laura Loomer has revealed that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum endorsed former President Donald Trump at his rally in Iowa. She revealed that Burgum filed to run for President against Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination.
Loomer revealed that when she caught up with Burgum in Florida in November 2023, she told him to drop out and endorse President Trump and that’s what he did.
BREAKING: North Dakota Governor @DougBurgum just endorsed President Trump at his rally in Iowa!
Burgum filed to run for President against Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination.
After I caught up with Burgum in Florida in November 2023, I told him to drop out and endorse President… https://t.co/OY7xLuwdV8 pic.twitter.com/1ZFajdkh2e
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 14, 2024
Burgum, who became the first of Trump’s former GOP rivals to endorse him for president, joined Trump on stage at a campaign rally Sunday.
“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,” Burgum said. “And that’s endorse Donald J. Trump for the president of the United States of America.”
Burgum withdrew from the race due to difficulties with the Republican National Committee’s debate requirements. Although he qualified for the first and second debates, he failed to meet the criteria for the third debate. Two days before the fourth debate, the governor announced that he was suspending his campaign.
“The RNC’s clubhouse debate requirements are nationalizing the primary process and taking the power of democracy away from the engaged, thoughtful citizens of Iowa and New Hampshire,” Burgum said in ending his candidacy.
Burgum is a social conservative, who has signed into law a six-week abortion ban and legislation to restrict transgender rights. He’s also a fiscal hawk who has cut state spending while enacting the largest tax cut in North Dakota history.
