{"id":2258109,"date":"2024-06-02T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-blasts-report-claiming-trump-offered-to-cut-regs-if-oil-ceos-gave-1-billion-to-campaign-effort-did-not-happen\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T18:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T22:55:57","slug":"burgum-blasts-report-claiming-trump-offered-to-cut-regs-if-oil-ceos-gave-1-billion-to-campaign-effort-did-not-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-blasts-report-claiming-trump-offered-to-cut-regs-if-oil-ceos-gave-1-billion-to-campaign-effort-did-not-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgum denies report of Trump offering to cut regulations for $1 billion campaign donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburgum-blasts-report-claiming-trump-offered-to-cut-regs-if-oil-ceos-gave-1-billion-to-campaign-effort-did-not-happen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258109&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North\u200c Dakota \u2063Governor Doug Burgum dismissed reports in The Washington Post. They alleged that former President Donald Trump proposed reducing regulations for oil companies in exchange for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/albert-einstein-college-of-medicine-receives-1b-donation-from-former-professor\/\" title=\"Former professor donates B to Albert Einstein College of Medicine\">billion-dollar donation<\/a>. \u200bBurgum refuted the claims during a Sunday interview. To\u200c read more, click the &#8220;Read \u2063more&#8230;&#8221; button below. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum dismissed reports in The Washington Post. They\u200b alleged that former President Donald Trump \u200bproposed reducing regulations for oil companies in exchange for a billion-dollar \u2063donation. Burgum\u2063 refuted the claims during a Sunday interview. To\u200c read more, click the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;\u200b button below.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum flatly denied over the weekend a report in The Washington Post that claimed that former President Donald Trump offered to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-our-priority-is-getting-food-water-to-texans\/\" title=\"Gov. Abbott: Our priority is getting food, water to Texans\">cut regulations<\/a> for oil companies if their executives raised a billion dollars for his efforts to retake the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d with host Margaret Brennan when asked about the recent report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at that meeting,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cThat did not happen. That is not what happened at that meeting. And that\u2019s been reported over and over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t ask for a billion dollars in donations, and there was no quid pro quo,\u201d he continued. \u201cI mean, think what he did last time for the energy \u2014 this guy cut regulation for everybody, whether they donated to him or not. He helped get gas prices down for all Americans, Republicans, independents and Democrats, whether they donated to him or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that it infuriated him that people who were not at the meeting \u201creport it like it\u2019s a fact, when it\u2019s not a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t make promises. He listened,\u201d Burgum later added. \u201cHe went around the room for two hours asking each of the people to tell me, what are your challenges, what are you facing, what are the \u2014 what are the things \u2014 he was there learning the whole night about the challenges that we\u2019re facing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burgum noted that oil executives are not always thrilled with Trump because Trump wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-says-biden-is-to-thank-for-falling-gas-prices-days-after-saying-it-was-out-of-his-control\/\" title=\"CNN Says Biden Is To Thank For Falling Gas Prices Days After Saying It Was Out Of His Control\">lower oil prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOil executives are not thrilled when he says, \u2018I\u2019m going to get oil prices down,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, they make more money when oil prices are up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThere was no quid pro quo,\u201d North Dakota\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovDougBurgum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovDougBurgum<\/a> says about a meeting he attended between Donald Trump and oil executives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-and-swalwell-went-all-in-on-the-dubious-russia-bounty-story\/\" title=\"Schiff And Swalwell Went All In On The Dubious Russia Bounty Story\">denying reports<\/a> that Trump told the executives he\u2019d reduce regulations if they raised $1 billion to reelect him.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum, who is being considered\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vo9ysRDYsX\">pic.twitter.com\/vo9ysRDYsX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1797296556741128638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum strongly refuted The Washington Post report alleging ex-President Trump&#8217;s offer to slash regulations for oil firms in exchange for a billion-dollar campaign donation. 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