Burgum Will Debate Republican Rivals Despite Basketball Injury
- North Dakota governor hurt while playing pick-up game
- Fox News says it offered Burgum a stool for breaks on stage
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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum will participate in the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday night despite suffering an Achilles tendon injury while playing basketball, the debate’s host said.
In a memo to campaigns, Fox News said it had offered Burgum an accommodation: a stool behind his podium to rest during commercial breaks “so he doesn’t need to walk up and down steps to go backstage where there are chairs for all candidates.” The memo, which was obtained by Bloomberg News, said Burgum had accepted the offer.