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The NPR Politics Podcast

Can Gov. Doug Burgum Introduce Himself In Time To Win The GOP Primary?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The governor of North Dakota is running to be the Republican nominee for president after a long career in business and two elections to the governor's mansion.

In an interview with The NPR Politics Podcast, Burgum, who has languished in the polls, says his path to the nomination relies on increasing his name recognition.

This episode: politics correspondent Susan Davis and White House correspondent Asma Khalid.

The podcast is was produced by Casey Morell and Elena Moore. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:22.0

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.

0:24.1

I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics.

0:26.0

And I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House.

0:28.1

And today on the show, we're continuing our series of interviews

0:30.8

with the Republican candidates for president.

0:33.1

Joining us now is North Dakota Governor Doug Bergom.

0:35.4

Governor, thank you so much for speaking with us.

0:37.2

Well, good morning, Sue. Good morning, Asma.

0:38.9

It's so great to be with both of you.

0:40.4

And I think the question everyone wants to know first off the bad is,

0:42.9

how's your Achilles tendon doing?

0:45.2

Well, that's so kind of you to ask.

0:46.8

And of course, the number of questions I've received has gone up

0:49.8

exponentially since Aaron Rogers went down on the fourth

0:53.5

of the season.

0:54.7

And then it turns out there's quite a,

0:57.2

I want to say, a collegial group of people in America

1:00.7

who've all blown their Achilles because the number of people

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