{"id":1033936,"date":"2024-05-25T21:35:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T21:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1033936"},"modified":"2024-05-25T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T21:35:34","slug":"trumps-maga-veepstakes-doug-burgum-wants-to-rip-away-freedoms-and-rig-the-economy-for-the-ultra-wealthy-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-doug-burgum-wants-to-rip-away-freedoms-and-rig-the-economy-for-the-ultra-wealthy-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: Doug Burgum Wants to Rip Away Freedoms and Rig the Economy for the Ultra-Wealthy with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As Trump VP contender Doug Burgum speaks at the North Carolina GOP convention today, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump has put Doug Burgum on his VP shortlist because they share the same extreme MAGA agenda of ripping away women\u2019s freedoms and rigging the economy for the ultra-wealthy at the expense of America\u2019s middle class. Burgum\u2019s extreme MAGA record includes signing one of the most cruel abortion bans in the country and saying out loud what the American people already know: Trump is the candidate for special interest billionaire backers. Burgum has touted Trump\u2019s failed MAGAnomics tax scam that gave handouts to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations and supports repealing President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act that is lowering costs for working families \u2013 North Carolinians won\u2019t buy what Burgum and Trump are selling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Burgum signed a near-total abortion ban in North Dakota with no exceptions for rape or incest after six weeks \u2014 something he was able to do because Trump overturned <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cNorth Dakota became the latest state on Monday to enact a near-total ban on abortion, <\/strong>just one month after the State Supreme Court temporarily blocked a similar ban from taking effect. Under the new law, an abortion in the case of rape or incest would be permissible only in the first six weeks of pregnancy, a time when most women have not yet realized they are pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgum has long been a cheerleader for Trump\u2019s failed MAGAnomics agenda of rigging the economy for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations at the expense of working families. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgum<\/a>: \u201cOur state has built a strong and growing economy on reducing individual and corporate income tax rates, common-sense regulations and a business-friendly environment, and this federal tax reform legislation \u2013 combined with the Trump administration\u2019s tremendous progress in rolling back burdensome regulations \u2013 will spread those principles nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgum<\/a>: \u201cHis policies are all in the right direction. If you\u2019re a billionaire\u2026 you should be voting for [Trump].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC<\/a>: \u201cTrump VP prospect Doug Burgum and GOP megadonor Harold Hamm are allies in business and politics\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgum supports repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, historic legislation that is helping to lower costs while ensuring that big corporations pay their fair share.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgum<\/a> on whether he would push to repeal the IRA: \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s MAGAnomics tax scam gifted handouts to the ultra-rich and big corporations while leaving working families behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cTrump Tax Cuts Helped Billionaires Pay Less Taxes Than The Working Class In 2018\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cTwo years after Trump tax cuts, middle-class Americans are falling behind\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cThey were billed as a \u2018middle-class miracle\u2019 but according to a new book Donald Trump\u2019s $1.5tn tax cuts have helped billionaires pay a lower rate than the working class for the first time in history.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cOne of President Donald Trump\u2019s lesser-known but profoundly damaging legacies will be the explosive rise in the national debt that occurred on his watch.<\/strong> The financial burden that he\u2019s inflicted on our government will wreak havoc for decades, saddling our kids and grandkids with debt. The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump\u2019s time in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe growth in the annual deficit under Trump ranks as the third-biggest increase, relative to the size of the economy, of any U.S. presidential administration, according to a calculation by Eugene Steuerle, co-founder of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe nation\u2019s fiscal outlook looks ever bleaker, thanks in part to deficit spending during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, Congress\u2019 nonpartisan budget scorekeeper projected Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t forget: Trump owns the worst jobs record in modern American history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortune<\/a>: \u201cTrump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump took office at the crest of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. He leaves presiding over the worst labor market in modern U.S. history, as an already-sputtering economic recovery has turned negative.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Jobs Record Fell Short of Promises Even Before the Virus\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump is now rooting for the economy to crash to help his political standing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cAnd when there\u2019s a crash \u2014 I hope it\u2019s going to be during this next 12 months because I don\u2019t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president I just don\u2019t want to be, Herbert Hoover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump admitted Monday that he wants a severe economic downturn to happen during the next year, because it will help his odds of winning the presidential election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Trump VP contender Doug Burgum speaks at the North Carolina GOP convention today, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump has put Doug Burgum on his VP shortlist because they share the same extreme MAGA agenda of ripping away women\u2019s freedoms and rigging the economy for the ultra-wealthy at the expense […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: Doug Burgum Wants to Rip Away Freedoms and Rig the Economy for the Ultra-Wealthy with Trump - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-doug-burgum-wants-to-rip-away-freedoms-and-rig-the-economy-for-the-ultra-wealthy-with-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-25T21:35:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-25T21:35:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maga-veepstakes.png?w=780\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-doug-burgum-wants-to-rip-away-freedoms-and-rig-the-economy-for-the-ultra-wealthy-with-trump\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-doug-burgum-wants-to-rip-away-freedoms-and-rig-the-economy-for-the-ultra-wealthy-with-trump\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: Doug Burgum Wants to Rip Away Freedoms and Rig the Economy for the Ultra-Wealthy with Trump - 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