All eyes are on Sarah Huckabee Sanders as she prepares to deliver the official Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address later tonight.
Unfortunately, it’s not her planned remarks people are talking about. Instead, it’s this photo of her dressed as the McDonald’s Hamburglar…
Don’t miss @SarahHuckabee tonight after the State of The Union… pic.twitter.com/5vhWcVwM77
— SilenceBeDamned??????? (@SilenceDamned) February 7, 2023
Oops! Sorry, we meant this photo of her beaming alongside convicted felon/Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio that resurfaced online a few days ago…
Dear @SarahHuckabee,
Care to comment on this photo? pic.twitter.com/Y4QjHbL6Va
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) February 2, 2023
The picture was actually snapped back in June 2019 in the lobby of the Trump International Hotel D.C. (RIP) and has languished in internet obscurity ever since.
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Tarrio, as you may recall, was indicted last June on seditious conspiracy charges, along with four other Proud Boy leaders, for his alleged involvement in the January 6 insurrection. The trial is currently underway.
But as Sanders prepares to step into the spotlight tonight, her selfie with the right-wing extremist is being recirculated on Twitter, with many people questioning the GOP’s decision to pick her to deliver its rebuttal to Biden’s SOTU address.
So …Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will give the Republican Party's response to Pres. Biden's State of Union address.
Why in the world would the Republicans choose a representative who's been associated with Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio ??? pic.twitter.com/QnaQOhqEpI
— Dr. Mike Davis ? (@FrankMikeDavis1) February 5, 2023
Per The Hill:
The State of the Union response is usually delivered by younger figures in the party who are seen as having a rising profile. In 2018 and 2019, Democrats tapped Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to deliver the responses to Trump’s address.
Politico adds:
Delivering the State of the Union response is, by most accounts, a dreadful gig, one filled with political tripwire. The most memorable speeches are recalled for all the wrong reasons: a bit of spittle on one’s lips, a frantic lurch for a water bottle at the table nearby.
But getting tapped for the response is still an honor. And it does give a snapshot for where the opposition party is trending at that moment in time. When Sanders delivers her address it will provide a healthy reminder that Trump’s impact on the GOP is likely to last for generations, even if many Republicans claim they’re ready to move on from him.
Since being sworn in as Governor of Arkansas on January 10, Sanders has shown she’s still ride or die MAGA.
One of her very first acts as governor was to sign an executive order attacking gender inclusivity by banning the use of the term “Latinx” by government agencies, then banning critical race theory in public schools, and then following it up with a thinly-veiled “All Lives Matter” Black history month tweet.
During Black History Month, we celebrate the Black Arkansans and Americans who have shaped our country, our culture, and our communities.
Our nation is strengthened by citizens of every race, religion, culture, and creed.
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) February 2, 2023
Last month, she gushed about how much she still adores Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News, saying, “I love the President, have a great relationship with him. I know our country would be infinitely better off if he was in office right now instead of Joe Biden.”
(She stopped short, however, of endorsing him for President in 2024, saying she’s “not really focused on that” at the moment.)
If Sanders’ SOTU rebuttal tonight is anything like those press briefings she used to do while working in Trump’s White House, it’ll be chock-full of lies, partial truths, and Republican propaganda, with perhaps a few below-the-belt jabs at Biden’s stutter, which she once mocked him for in a since-deleted tweet.
While you’re here, check out this clip of MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan talking about Sanders’ speech tonight and why she is the epitome of a political nepo baby…
GayEGO
Yuk! Sarah Huckleberry is just a Trumpster!
fredk
Thick horizonal stripes?! On that beer barrel torso? It’s like the Kit Kat Klub … theater of the grotesque.
Man About Town
You’d think even the most un-fashion conscious person on the planet would know that unless you’re Twiggy, nothing is more unflattering than horizontal stripes!
mailliw110
Even I, a jeans and t-shirt kind if gay, knows not to wear horizontal stripes. Especially if you are her, um, shape.
Just.my.opinion
She is such an embarrassment to the great state of Arkansas and, in fact, she is an embarrassment to the entire United States.
radiooutmike
A rare female CHUD. Wow!
LumpyPillows
The photo is nonsense. Every politician has been photographed with shady people. Although it is fair to say republicans are way worse.
I hope Uncle Joe shines bright. He has a lot of wins to promote. Taxing billionaires to address wealth inequality is a real winner. Job growth is great. Explaining inflation should be a focus – there is a good explanation (blame Trump). Just hope he doesn’t go down a woke black hole.
Will SHS be a smart lady and present a fact-based and respectful rebuttal to try and save the republicans from the pig sty they currently wallow in? I hope so. She is capable. I’m not betting anything that she will. At least she could do it, as opposed to Marge and her crew of Molotov tossing insurrectionists.
Cam
And as usual, the same old right wing troll tries to put out a few paragraphs it thinks makes it sound reasonable, because it wants to disguise it’s real purpose in the comment….
Which is to claim that the photo of Sarah Huckabee with a man who tried to overthrow the government is “nonesense”.
LumpyPillows
cam ventured out from his troll cave. Yeah, your selective reading comprehension is terrible. Nuance is lost on you. You are nasty to be nasty. What a sad creature.
Den
While many politicians have been photographed with “shady people,” Republicans have proven to do so with much greater regularity. And all too often those people in the pictures are enemies to democracy and the constitution.
As for Huckabee’s capableness or brilliance, I think mendacity, manipulativeness and hypocrisy are better terms. And at best she is somewhat clever.
Unfortunately, I agree with her discouraging the use of ‘latinx’, a term almost universally disliked by Spanish speaking communities, though a legal ban is going way too far. Let the people who like it use it, and take the push back they get. The term will then live or die on its own linguistic merits, or lack of them.
Kangol2
Is she “capable”? Remember, this is a woman who lied regularly on behalf of Don the Con when she was his press secretary.
A few reminders, since you seem to have forgotten, Lumpy:
–Not long after all those little kids were slaughtered in Uvalde, she said Don the Con would ensure children “in the womb” were as safe as children “in classrooms.” (She’s an anti-abortion nutcase.)
–She admitted she lied when she claimed that tons of FBI agents were unhappy with James Comey in the lead-up to Don the Con firing him, calling it a “slip of the tongue.”
–She lied and claimed the Mueller Report was a complete “exoneration” of Don the Con, even it was the EXACT OPPOSITE! She has still not retracted this blatant lie.
–She posted a doctored video of a CNN reporter, then refused to admit it was doctored, but used it to justify taking away his press credentials & 1st Amendment rights.
–She mocked Biden’s stuttering.
–She claimed Don the Con’s policy of separating kids from their parents at the border was “Biblical”.
–She lied about Don the Con’s border wall & refused to retract her lie when confronted with the truth.
And there’s more. She’s a terrible person. Not just a bad politician, but a liar and fanatic. And she’s no friend or fan of LGBTQ people either, as the recent harsh restrictions on drag shows she pushed through in Arkansas demonstrate.
Den
Having Huckabee do the rebuttal is about as tone deaf as having MTG be Speaker pro tem! Both their states rank low in most quality of life indices so both of them represent the manifold failures of the Republican party.
LumpyPillows
I think it’s funny how people selectively read. I agree with all your comments about the things she said and that they were evil. I never said she was correct or angelic. I don’t like her. But give her her due, she sold the heck out of that crap. Mendacity? I love that description for her. Hypocrite? Totally. I don’t think either of you are disagreeing with me, but you are presenting more color to the discussion.
I think she is a dangerous choice to counter Uncle Joe. He needs a home run. Go Joe! Go!
You can’t beat an enemy you do not understand. That’s all I’m trying to do. Calling her fat won’t do it, like some of our Karens like to do.
Nice discussion, fellows. Well, beside cam troll.
LifeinShaw
Yes. And no. It was her boss DJ Trump that liked to make of the way women looked and mocked someone with a handicap so she is fair game. And for her to mock Joe Biden’s stutter?? Which eye am I looking at Sarah?? Earth to Sarah??
LumpyPillows
Lifeinshaw – no disagreement from me.
UncleFloppy
I dislike Sarah Huckabee Sanders just as much as the next person. However I am not down with making fun of her because of her appearance. We get it, she is not attractive but making fun of someone, especially a woman, due to their appearance is just not right. Besides, there are so many other reasons to dislike her such as her politics, her lying and her association with Trump.
LumpyPillows
Agreed.
Cam
And here we have a new name for the right wing troll account, and I LOVE that as usual one of it’s other screenames comes in to back it up.
I get that Huckabee’s attempt to play victim was to deflect whenever she was asked about real topics and claim people were mean for commenting on her makeup, but if you read the article, her choice in outfits was what was being mocked.
But, you knew that already, and as usual, you are here to deflect from the fact that here is a person who has never held a real job not achieved through family connections, who supported people attempting to overthrow the American govt.
LumpyPillows
lol. good ol’ cam being nasty again. Everyone is tired of you. You at least used to be more original. There was time I actually enjoyed reading something you wrote. Been a long time.
You can hate SHS. I do not like her politics. But to imagine she isn’t brilliant after that act she pulled off defending Trump as press secretary the way she did – utter 10 out of 10 spin management. Sheer evil brilliance. SHS is a lot of bad things, incompetent isn’t one of them. So, up your troll game, nasty, sad man.
Kangol2
I don’t agree with mocking her looks. But she is a terrible person, and demonstrated this throughout her Don the Con White House tenure. She is proving it yet again as Arkansas’ governor. She is no fan of LGBTQ people. What I find odd is that there is more rage on this site toward Beyoncé, who actually has been an LGBTQ ally, despite her recent stupid Dubai concert, than against this hateful, right-wing woman, who cannot stand LGBTQ people and just pushed through anti-drag legislation, despite that being the least of Arkansas’ many problems.
Den
“What I find odd is that there is more rage on this site toward Beyoncé, who actually has been an LGBTQ ally, despite her recent stupid Dubai concert, than against this hateful, right-wing woman, who cannot stand LGBTQ people and just pushed through anti-drag legislation, despite that being the least of Arkansas’ many problems.”
I wish there was a ‘like’ button for statements like this!
LumpyPillows
Beyoncé? I was disappointed, but I agree it’s not even in the same league. Too may on our side like to kill our friends on any affront to their rigid dogma. (I did not say woke out loud).
nitejonboy
Yeah, like the fact that she’s dumber than a sack of hair and has the voice of a butch mechanic.
LumpyPillows
Jon boy, lol. Nasty and out of touch.
Ronbo
Apparently, Cam is supportive of personal degrading attacks based upon looks. I wonder if s/he is just repeating what s/he has experienced. Hating like a Republican, Cam, is the same as being a Republican. Lying like a Republican isn’t helping change your image at all.
Be a better person, Cam. We need a society, not your daily hate-fest and lies attacking good people – just because they aren’t as hateful as you.
johncp56
Shameless tRumper hate made her ugly,
Mister P
The people of Arkansas deserve better.
LumpyPillows
What we think they deserve and what they clearly want are different. We need to ask ourselves why we can’t win in Arkansas.
nitejonboy
Caption for the picture at top ( pink blouse ): “ Where Will you be when diarrhea strikes ? “
LumpyPillows
You don’t look like your in 7th grade.
andyr930
Honey BooBoo’s Twin Honey PooPoo.
Mike Hunt
Such a nasty woman ….
JromeGervais09
Huckster is just another dumbass southerner who doesn’t have as much common sense as an Arkansas hog. She is now looking and sounding more like an uneducated hog. A disgrace to the human race.
Vince
The hills have eyes pig didn’t do anything but parrot the tired old right wing talking points based in zero reality. Gas prices, inflation, the economy, open borders, etc. You’d have to be a complete moron to believe any of it.
Chaucer
I watched over half of this nonsense. She has not changed. Her entire speech was lie-lie-lie, just like when she was Trump’s mouthpiece. She projected all of the GOP evil onto the Democrats and had the audacity and dishonesty to call Democrats “crazy” and the GOP normal. It truly was right out of the Trump play book and good competition for Georget Santos.
LumpyPillows
It wasn’t good. Her problem is Biden had a great night. That’s all people are talking about. Sarah who?
CNY1983
no matter what she does or wears or lies about there are 4 letters above her head always: S-L-O-B.
just like her infant penis father.
LumpyPillows
Classy!
Jimmynj
This Miss Piggy wannabe needs to go away forever. How dumb are the people of Arkansas to elect her????
LumpyPillows
Genius!
Invader7
EVIL cow !!
LumpyPillows
Brilliant!