Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum says he does not want to engage in 'every culture war topic'

North Dakota politician and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Doug Burgum (R-N.D.) discussed his 2024 level successful a Sunday interrogation connected NBC's "Meet the Press" successful his latest effort to summation designation with voters.

Burgum launched his run connected June 7 and has since trailed his chap candidates successful the polls, carrying little than a percent, according to aggregated polling from RealClear Politics.

A week aft helium entered the statesmanlike arena, a Quinnipiac University poll recovered that 90% of voters did not cognize capable astir Burgum to connection an sentiment connected him.

Burgum believes successful constricted authorities and has stressed his absorption connected repairing the U.S. economy, vigor argumentation and nationalist information alternatively than engaging successful "every civilization warfare topic."

Burgum said that helium is not moving connected issues similar abortion, transgender bills and what books beryllium successful libraries, emphasizing that helium sees those arsenic authorities issues and "not the spot wherever the president should beryllium spending their time."

"I'm connected the grounds saying that I would not motion the national termination ban," said Burgum. "It should beryllium near to the states."

In the interview, helium besides said helium supported the Supreme Court's recent ruling connected affirmative action, which ruled race-based considerations successful assemblage admissions unconstitutional. When pressed, Burgum said that the objection made for subject work academies "may not" marque sense.

Burgum is vying against 11 different Republican statesmanlike bids including frontrunner and erstwhile president Donald Trump, who Burgum noted successful the interrogation helium would not bash concern with.

"You're judged by the institution you keep," Burgum said.

Burgum added aboriginal that helium would instrumentality Elon Musk arsenic a concern spouse fixed Musk's institution "track records."

The erstwhile bundle enforcement besides doubled down connected his stance connected China, noting that the United States is successful a "cold warfare successful China, we conscionable won't admit it."

Burgum's comments travel aft visits to China from several U.S. officials, astir precocious Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The meetings person been aimed astatine stabilizing relations betwixt the 2 countries amid talks of tightening U.S. investments successful China.