Sarah Huckabee Sanders Responds To Attacks From Gavin Newsom

Republican Arkansas Governor. Sarah Huckabee Sanders replied to this week’s attacks from the Democratic Governor of California. Gavin Newsom referred to crime in Arkansas and pointed out the number of Californians fleeing California.

Newsom tweeted on Tuesday night following Sanders’ rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address about crime in the southern state.

“While @SarahHuckabee touts public safety, here is what she skips over: Arkansas has the one of the highest murder rates in the nation,” Newsom said.

While ahref=”https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@SarahHuckabee Public safety is her top priority. Here’s what she misses:

Arkansas has one of the highest rates of murder in the country.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 8, 2023

During a Thursday night interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday, Sanders addressed the criticism. Hannity pointed out that Newsom seemed to have ignored the fact Sanders was in office “a whopping 31 days.”

“By comparison, when you look at Gavin Newsom’s time in public office, his time as San Francisco mayor, lieutenant governor, now governor, Newsom has spent nearly 7,000 days driving California straight into the ground,” Hannity stated. “Crime and homelessness are now through the roof. The drug problem in California is out of control. Reports of school children being forced to walk through open-air drug dens. California ranked dead last again in the U-haul index.”

Sanders said the fact that Newsom was attacking her proved that she was doing something right with the initial actions she has taken as the state’s new governor.

“Let’s not forget, he literally had to run ads begging people to stay in California not that long ago. And every single town I go to in Arkansas, I meet someone who has moved from California,” She spoke. “My message to them is we’re glad you’re here but don’t forget why you left California. We are proud of our state and our gates are open for people to come.”

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On Tuesday, during her 15-minute speech following Biden’s State of the Union, Sanders contrasted Republicans’ agenda with the president’s. She looked into “a” (what she called a “Left-wing culture war” Biden and Democrats were denounced “highjacked by the radical Left.” Arkansas Governor referred to the differences between the parties as the difference between normalcy or radicalism.

“In the radical Left’s America, Washington taxes you and lights your hard-earned money on fire. But you get crushed with high gas prices, empty grocery shelves, and our children are taught to hate one another on account of their race, but not to love one another or our great country,” She continued. “The dividing line in America is no longer between Right or Left. The choice is between normal and crazy.”

Sanders continued to boast about her record as governor, even though she was elected less than a month ago. Arkansas governor Sanders spoke out about her efforts to eliminate Critical Race Theory from education and ban it. “Latinx” in the state government and take actions against COVID regulations.

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This report was contributed by Tim Pearce. 

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