Sarah Huckabee Sanders Accused of Hypocrisy Over Request for Federal Aid
By: Ewan Palmer (Newsweek)
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Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been criticized for requesting federal aid in the wake of the tornadoes that ripped through the state despite previously speaking out against the "meddling hand of big government."
Sanders' plea for help has led to accusations of hypocrisy. During her gubernatorial campaign, she said she was running to defend the "right to be free of socialism and tyranny."
A spokesperson for the governor hit back at her critics, telling Newsweek they were using "a time of tragedy to score political points."
On Saturday, Sanders' office said the governor had spoken with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to discuss the state and federal response to the tornadoes. FEMA has since confirmed that Criswell will be traveling to Arkansas on Sunday to survey the tornado damage.
Sanders has also spoken with Joe Biden, with the president telling the governor that the federal government "stands ready to assist" the people of Arkansas following the severe weather which has left at least five people dead and dozens more injured.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, delivers the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address in Little Rock, Arkansas, February 7, 2023. She has been accused of hypocrisy for requesting federal emergency funds.Getty Images
Social media users have also pointed to a tweet Sanders sent in January after entering office stating that as governor of Arkansas, the "meddling hand of big government creeping down from Washington D.C. will be stopped cold at the Mississippi River."
While sharing a screengrab of Sanders' January post, Mark Jacob, author and former editor of The Chicago Tribune , tweeted: "The federal government will help Arkansas recover from today's devastating tornadoes, as well it should. But I couldn't help recalling Sarah Huckabee Sanders' divisive tweet from January in which she refused to see Americans as one people."
Comedian and actor Gabe Sachez wrote: "So, does this mean that Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be accepting help from 'the meddling hand of big government'?"
Lindy Li, a political commentator, and Democratic National Committee member tweeted: "Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted socialism. Now she's begging for aid.
"Bankers blasted socialism. Now they're begging for bailouts. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted socialism. She got $183,504 in PPP money. Republicans are ALWAYS about privatizing the profits & socializing the losses."
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In a viral tweet alongside a picture of Sanders, the Turn Texas Blue campaign group wrote: "Thursday: I will end Socialism in Arkansas. Friday: Tornado. Saturday: I need Federal Assistance."
When reached for comment on the criticism, Sanders' spokeswoman Alexa Henning told Newsweek : "The Governor spent all day yesterday with Arkansans who have been affected by this tornado and who have lost nearly everything. She promised she would do whatever they needed to aid with recovery and rebuilding.
"I won't respond to petty internet trolls who are using a time of tragedy to score political points."
Others also suggested the criticism is unjustified and that Sanders is right to request help for the people of Arkansas in the wake of a natural disaster.
"Do citizens of Arkansas pay federal income taxes that fund FEMA?" Twitter user Rich Newton wrote in reply to Turn Texas Blue's post.
"Federal Assistance for Natural Disasters is NOT socialism," added another social media user. "It is our duty as citizens to care for each other in hard times and Government is the apparatus to deliver that promise."
Sanders, former White House press secretary in the Donald Trump administration, has declared a state of emergency in Arkansas after the devastating tornadoes swept through the state and she has also activated the Arkansas National Guard to assist the police.
"Arkansans are tough. Arkansans are resilient," Sanders tweeted on Saturday. "I spoke with those who embody the strong, determined spirit of Arkansas today.
"Together, we will recover and we will rebuild even stronger than before."
Elsewhere, former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, who preceded Sanders in office, has confirmed that he will be running for president in 2024,
Hutchinson has now joined Trump, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as the confirmed candidates in the GOP presidential primary, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also expected to announce his 2024 bid in the coming weeks.
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And I applaud your ability to not let internet trolls get the better of you. But you know as well as others do that Suckabee has made disparaging remarks about other states getting federal assistance such as California or New York. So, yeah, suck it up, Babe. Your boss was made for internet trolls
So you don't give a shit about the victims of the tornados...you just want to childishly criticize Huckabee
Typical of the leftist loony tunes.
So Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't give a shit about the victims of natural disasters when she was criticizing other states for getting federal assistance...she just wanted to childishly criticized those states.
Typical of the righty loony toons.
What states did she criticize for getting federal assistance for natural disasters?
Please tell me you are too intelligent to find that amusing.
For those of us who dont follow Arkansas politics, what did she say?
I am dumber than a box of rocks
read the seed
fuck that. let him look it up...
I edited my comment. There's stuff in the seed
cool. that kind if bullshit comes from rwnj relics that liked the trained dog acts on ed sullivan.
I read the seed. There are no references to California or New York.
I might have missed it but I did not see anything about her complaining that any states was asking for or getting assistance for a natural disaster. She may have said something about states asking for fed aid to help pay for the illegals they told they would take care of.
You're right and to all my critics elsewhere, she didn't specifically mention any state. But what she did say was she was going to stop the meddling hand of big government from crossing the Mississippi. But lo and behold here she is asking for "Big Government Money" to take a steamer across the Big Muddy.
Now that's the end of that. Any more and I will consider it trolling. Don;t like it? Disappear from my seed
That big government tyranny starts to look pretty good when your trailer's tipped over.
At least she's back in the Governor's Mansion. Her dad lived in triple wide when he was governor
I thought the state bird of arkansas was the single wide ...
LOL...they upgraded
I make fun of Arkansas but I love it here. There are some very fine people in some very fine places.
Funny how so many of the "conservative" states wail about having to help natural disaster sites UNTIL it happens in their state.
They're always first in line with their hands out
plagued by ice storms, tornadoes, floods and they suddenly lose the ability to connect the religious dots...
theyz bein smited by the lord...
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Calling her a hypocrite does seem like partisan bullshit to me. Arkansas has seen some devastating tornados as of late and that's exactly why FEMA was created, to provide immediate assistance to states after such a natural disaster. IMO too many people like to adopt a partisan stance on such things when what we should be doing is reaching out to help our neighbors.
I have a low opinion of the woman. She has no governoring experience. She has no business being governor of a very fine state like Arkansas. She was elected based on her name alone and the fact that she worked in trmp's administration. Hell! She has no education beyond a BA in communications!. Women go to college for communications degrees when they're looking for a husband. I think she got lucky getting a job with trmp.
If I want to call her a hypocrite and look like a partisan, so be it. I don't fucking care
Regardless of your opinion of the governor the people of the state deserve assistance at this time because of a natural disaster.
I agree that the people of the state deserve assistance, but that doesn't make Huckabee Sanders any less of a hypocrite for criticizing other states when they received money after natural disasters.
Yes, they do! But she criticized other people in other states, especially blue states, when they got federal assistance. That's the whole point of this seed
Which other states did she criticize when they received federal assistance?
Then I'm sorry but the seed is just a continuation of furthering the partisan divide. Our leadership in Washington is doing nothing to bridge the partisan divide, they seem to continue to inflame and deepen the split. It's up to We the People to make the change but perhaps that's another bridge too far.
Sorry to disrupt your seed, I'll go away now.
I made a comment to Snuffy and since he promised Trout he would not add to this he cant reply to me.
So I will delete the above comment.
That's incredibly sexist.
Besides, they get elementary education degrees when they're looking for husbands.
she was so lonely in college, her dad was giving her dates a free belt buckle if they could ride her for longer than 8 seconds...
I'm going off the best example I have. My cousin. she didn't decide to go to college until I did. Her major was communications. She lasted maybe 2 years before she found a husband and said good bye to gettiing a degree. Now she sits her fat ass in a DC suburb criticizing democrats.
Know who else got a BA in communications? Sarah Palin
been listening to rwnj radio again?
Then she became the mayor of Wasilla, and then Governor of Alaska!
Lot smarter than many liberal female pols, particular Kamala.
... and then she became a caricature of another failed republican red wave politician in 2020.
Yes, exactly and it's wrong for others to act like that is not what we want for others. Accuse us by pointing out her hypocrisy that we don't want these folks taken care of. We can criticize and want them to be taken care of also. She's a freaking hypocrite.
Which other states did she criticize when they received federal assistance?
Why are you asking me?
Isn’t that why you called her a freaking hypocrite?
Federal assistance for natural disasters or something unrelated?
oops, ... 2022 I meant. poor bible spice...
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bible spice.....lol
They do. They pay taxes just like the rest of us. This is one of the many many benefits of those taxes. Yaay for socialism.
maga socialism - profits, tax breaks, and incentives are shared among the wealthy. loss and liabilities are shared among the middle class and poor.
The bottom 20% pay 4% of the federal income tax collected, the top 20% pay 67% of the federal tax collected.
I didn't realize it was that much.
So the people who take in 50% of the nations income pay 67% of the taxes. Is there supposed to be something wrong with that? It is a progressive income tax, which is the high earners paying a higher rate than the low earners.
Who said that? I was commenting on the assertion; “loss and liabilities are shared among the middle class and poor.”
You should probably look up what the word socialism means. You aren't using it correctly.
how do they slice the pie at the mackerel snapper madrasa's?
40% for molested children's legal settlements.
25% for financing christo-fascist legislation efforts and politicians.
20% for impregnated female parishioners and/or males coerced to the gay lifestyle by the clergy.
10% for facility costs.
5% for the clergy.
She is a hypocrite, nothing fucking partisan about that except on yours and her part.
Of course it is.
And it's moronic. And it's dangerous. And fundamentally un-American.
The underlying idea here is that she's not allowed to voice any opposition to government overreach. If she opposes one government program, she can't support any others.
Imagine of the situation was reversed, and somebody tried to claim that Nancy Pelosi was a hypocrite because she opposed invading Iran but then expected the military to defend California against invasion. It's idiotic.
I already claimed to be partisan and moronic. Now you're just flinging shit around because you like to read your own words. You've stated your opinion. It's been acknowledged. Time for you to move on
yup
Huckabee Sanders is a worker bee in the vast hive of the right wing brainwashed.
The people of Arkansas deserve federal aid after a natural disaster and they will get it with or without any wisdom from their governor.
It would be important that Sanders understand what socialism and tyranny are, she must have missed that class.
A better way to improve Arkansas is to lend her weight to removing the ''White Pride'' roadsign on highway 65 that runs through the center of Harrison, AR.
That's her base, Kav...that sign ain't going anywehere
What can she do the sign is on private property?
I'm well aware it's on private property since I lived just north of Harrison for years and there were others that were not on private property and those have been removed decades later than they should have been. As I stated in my comment she could lend the considerable weight of her position to keep to make the issue much larger than just Harrison.
The owner of the sign and land it sits on is Jason Robb. He is a lawyer and relative to Thomas Robb, director of the Knights Party, also known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Yup, the KKK is right there in Harrison, and if I remember correctly that is the national headquarters for the KKK. They have also attracted a lot of neo nazi to Harrison as well.
For your viewing pleasure, this took place in 2020 in Harrison.
Understand and thanks Kavika. I’m just not sure what practical actions she can take. I guess as a minimum she can add state level rhetoric against this.