Doug Burgum in Meet the Press interviews for 2023 races

On Abortion: I support the Dobbs decision but wouldn't sign a federal ban

Well, my position is that I support the Dobbs decision, and this is the decision that should be left to the states. And what's going to pass in North Dakota is not ever going to pass in California and New York and wouldn't even pass in the state of Minnesota. That's why I'm on the record saying that I would not sign a federal abortion ban. Source: Meet the Press on 2023 Presidential primary hopefuls Jul 9, 2023

On Foreign Policy: I think Putin is running a large criminal organization

Q: Where do you put Vladimir Putin?

BURGUM: I think he's running a large criminal organization. And I think we're seeing the tip of that with the Wagner Group. I mean, it's like we can't think of Russia today under Putin like a country. The Wagner Group was operating 65 shell companies all over the world. They controlled gold mines in Central African Republic. When they were down helping out in Syria, there's contracts where they took over 25% of the oil production in Syria. That's a large criminal organization.

Q: Right. So in a President Burgum administration, does Ukraine support change?

BURGUM: Well, we have to win the war in Ukraine.

Q: Period?

BURGUM: Period. We have to do that. And it's unfortunate that we're even in this spot.

Source: Meet the Press on 2023 Presidential primary hopefuls Jul 9, 2023

On Principles & Values: The president is supposed to bring people together

If you're a legislator you put on your jersey, you fight for your side, you vote oftentimes along party lines. If you don't vote with the party, you vote at your peril. The president of the United States is the one that's supposed to unite people. It's supposed to bring people together. It's supposed to paint a vision about a powerful, positive future. We've gone astray on that, where the presidency has also become hyper-partisan, no matter which party is in office. Source: Meet the Press on 2023 Presidential primary hopefuls Jul 9, 2023

The above quotations are from Meet the Press interviews for 2023 races (Chuck Todd interviewing candidates for 2021-2023 races). Click here for other excerpts from Meet the Press interviews for 2023 races (Chuck Todd interviewing candidates for 2021-2023 races). Click here for other excerpts by Doug Burgum. Click here for a profile of Doug Burgum.
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