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Dusty Johnson: “I would rather wake up every morning worried about the price of corn in a South Dakota field than worried about the…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2026
I would rather wake up every morning worried about the price of corn in a South Dakota field than worried about the price of oil in an Iranian oil field.
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Dusty Johnson
Republican · South Dakota

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Commenting on U.S. energy independence and reliance on oil.

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