We are the only state to never take the elevated unemployment benefits. Because I said, Listen, Mr. President, our people want to work. And they did. They went to work every single day. And listen, We broke the national record for the lowest unemployment rate in the history of the United States of America. Because people in South Dakota understand we were created to serve each other. In our state, we banned China from owning our land, and we passed the strongest bill in the nation to make sure that only women could play in women's sports. (02:19–02:27)
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Asserts that South Dakota set a national record for the lowest unemployment rate in U.S. history.
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