In other news, grass is green.
Probably one of the sanest Republican governors.
Burgum's a relatively non-ideological guy, isn't he? His background isn't in politics, and IIRC he won his first primary against far more conservative candidates. IIRC he got a lot of heat for not taking a position on abortion, even.
While this is true his Covid handling...leaves a lot to be desired. Like launching the #MaskUpND program encouraging masks yet not actually passing a mask mandate. A big reason for ND's Covid explosion is Fargo is the only city in the state with a mask mandate. Nor is he even applying pressure to states and counties to pass mask mandates, like how the Bismarck City Commission talked about it and then voted to adjourn without a vote on it. And then there's this:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/spineless-north-dakota-gov-doug-burgum-lets-third-health-director-take-the-fall-as-covid-19-cases-soarMy parents voted for him though.