LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman, announced she’s running for Arkansas governor at a time other Republicans are distancing themselves from the former president facing an impeachment charge that he incited the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.
But the former White House press secretary, who left the job in 2019 to return to her home state, ran the other direction with an announcement Monday that embraced Trump as much as his rhetoric.
“With the radical left now in control of Washington, your governor is your last line of defense,” Sanders said in a nearly eight-minute video announcing her 2022 bid that prominently featured pictures of the president as well as some of his favorite targets.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman, announced she’s running for Arkansas governor at a time other Republicans
Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces for governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces for governor
The daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee made it official this morning on social media, as expected. And you’ll see she’s wrapping herself in her impeached former boss with an opening shot of him on Air Force One and a trip to visit troops.
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s Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge as announced Republican candidates. No Democrats have emerged. Republican Sen. Jim Hendren is thinking about making the race as is former Republican House Speaker Davy Carter, though the latter perhaps not as a Republican.
State Dems ask for Rep. Crawfordâs resignation over Electoral College vote, Capitol riot
State Dems ask for Rep. Crawfordâs resignation over Electoral College vote, Capitol riot By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 7, 2021 at 6:43 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 8:08 PM
WASHINGTON (KAIT) - The Arkansas Democratic Party on Thursday called for the resignation of Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Jonesboro) in the aftermath of the Electoral College and a riot at the U.S. Capitol that left four people dead.
According to a media release from Democratic Party Chairman Michael John Gray, party officials say they believe the resignation is warranted.
âRepresentative Crawfordâs belief and promotion of conspiracy theories about the Presidential election will render the representation Arkansas families have in the First District irrelevant,â Gray said in the release. âCrawford has spent his last term in a race to the bottom for the sake of relevance with his base, afraid of