First appearance on Fox: A Republican running for North Dakota’s only House seat has received an endorsement from former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Rick Becker, a plastic surgeon and former North Dakota state representative, is running in the June 11 Republican primary to see who advances to the general election in November. Current Rep. Kelly Armstrong (Democratic) will vacate her seat to run for governor.
“The U.S. government is funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to companies building CO2 pipelines in the Midwest, including North Dakota, to appease the global climate cult.” “They don’t want it on their land, and now they don’t want it.” “They’re trying to use a prominent domain, which is a gross violation of property rights,” Ramaswamy told FOX. He told News Digital.
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Vivek Ramaswamy, a former 2024 presidential candidate, is supporting former North Dakota Representative Rick Becker in North Dakota’s only U.S. House race. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, U.S. Congressional Representative Rick Becker)
“Dr. Rick Becker is adamantly against it and refuses to bow to the bipartisan establishment that supports this charlatan. He is a signatory to my American Truth Pledge, and I am his I am proud to support the Congress.”
Becker thanked Ramaswamy for his support, calling him “an American patriot who shares my commitment to defending the truth against the radical WOKE mob that seeks to undermine American values.”
Former state officials have sought to align with former President Trump and the populist wing of the Republican Party. Mr. Ramaswamy withdrew from the primary election early and has been actively campaigning for Mr. Trump ever since. The former president himself has not announced support for his campaign.
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U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong is retiring to run for governor of North Dakota. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Mr. Becker also has the backing of members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of hard-line Republicans, who he has vowed to join if he wins a seat in Congress.
He joins former Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania), as well as members Rep. Josh Brechen (R-Okla.), Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), It is supported by Representatives Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Eric Burleson (R-Ohio), among others. Too.
Becker previously ran for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate against incumbent Republican Sen. John Hoeven (D) and Democratic candidate Katrina Christiansen, who is also running this year.
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Scott Perry, former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, also supports Becker. (AP Photo/Patrick Semanski, File)
While in the state House, Mr. Becker founded and led an ultra-conservative wing of the state Legislature called the Bastiat Caucus, which frequently challenged state Republican officials to move further to the right. It is named after the 19th century French economist Frédéric Bastiat.
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His fellow Republicans in the House primary are Julie Fedorchak, who has served on the North Dakota Public Service Commission since 2013, and Alex Balazs, a former State Department official. The only Democrat is Marine Corps veteran Trygv Hamer.
