South Dakota has the least amount of hours lost by employees of any other state in the entire nation. The least amount of wages lost by anybody of any other state in the nation. We have the lowest amount of businesses that closed during the pandemic out of any other state in the country. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 2.8% in our state. In fact, when President Trump offered those elevated unemployment benefits, I said to the president, thank you for the flexibility, but we don't want it. (16:59–17:07)
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Asserts that South Dakota had the fewest business closures during the pandemic compared to other states.
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