If it feels like Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been running for governor in Arkansas forever, it’s because she has. Sanders first announced her candidacy in January 2021, one year and 10 months before the election was scheduled to take place. But looking at her campaign website, you might think she’s already got the job, even though the election is still several months away.
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When most candidates run for public office, they indicate that they are, indeed, running for public office. But not Sanders. Her campaign signs and swag seem to imply that she already holds the highest office in her state by conveniently leaving out the word “for” and strategically placing the word “governor” in a box around her name.
On top of that, Sanders, who regularly lied for Donald Trump when she served as White House press secretary, appears to be scaling back on promoting her own candidacy to instead focus on endorsing GOP candidates in other races, like extreme right-wing Arkansas state Rep. Breanne Davis, or vehemently anti-LGBTQ U.S. Rep. French Hill, both of whom are running for re-election.
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Clearly, the lady thinks she’s got this thing in the bag. And she might. Sanders raked in a ton of cash over the last year. $13 million, to be exact–a record for a governor’s race in Arkansas. Just last month, she pulled in an impressive $235,000, outpacing her closest fundraising rival among the five Democrats hoping to challenge her.
Of course, it helps that, for over a year now, she’s been the only GOP candidate running in her field, and that she’s been endorsed by virtually every Arkansas Republican elected official at the state and national level. Although, that just changed.
Doc Washburn, a popular right-wing radio personality and vehement opponent of Drag Queen Story Hours in public libraries, just announced his bid for the Republican nomination for governor.
He also posted about his candidacy on Facebook this week, writing, “I’m running for Governor! The response has been overwhelming! Thank you!”
That said, Washburn has a lot of ground to make up if he wants to compete against Sanders. And, if we’re being realistic, he probably doesn’t have a much of a chance. His campaign website isn’t even set up to accept donations yet. But perhaps his candidacy, at the very least, will get Sanders to realize that she’s still running for governor and that she doesn’t actually have the job yet.
While you’re here, watch Sanders get destroyed by Australian ABC TV anchor Leigh Sales while she was promoting her crappy book “Speaking for Myself” last year.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Mr. Stadnick
Arkansas is truly calling out the hogs if they elect that lying cow.
Mack
I think it’s a requirement for the right wingers to be habitual liars.
BarryM
“Someone needs to inform Sarah Huckabee Sanders that she hasn’t actually been elected governor yet”
YET. She will be in November.
Brian
Arkansas — where the state’s GOP paid the Duggar family to record robocalls to voters about the insane idea that trans people will rape you in department stores… conveniently leaving out the actual fact that the Duggar family were raping each other.
The GOP has people convinced that they’re the “family values” party. Voters believe this sort of marketing. So I predict that Huckabee will win.
mgconlan
I didn’t think you could put up a post that would actually make me feel sympathy for Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but you have. The two video links are to a spot by a Right-wing primary opponent who’s actually crazier and far more Right than she is, and an interview with an Australian TV host who frankly was badgering her. Aside from wondering how Arkansas. ever elected a governor like Bill Clinton, this post has me thinking that if I were an Arkansan I might actually vote for Sanders over Washburn as the lesser of two evils.
dale hankins
You are so right! Doc Washburn is scarier than Sarah Sanders could ever hope to be.
stan2015
She is a pig on many levels.
johncp56
wow is Donny voting for her, what a hateful layer she is, sad they will vote for her in red states! TWAT
CNY1983
To make her feel at home or “down-home”, troughs are being installed around the gov mansion so she can snack at will.
James
SHE IS HIDEOUS. A LOSER. A FREAK. A PSYCHOPATH. MAY THE EVIL SICK BITCH ROT.
GrizzleyMichael
James stop being so polite.
Jack
If Arkansas elects her they deserve what they get. It’s not a political party anymore. It’s a cult. If you are reading this…..VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION. It matters more than ever.
1898
she is a vile and loathsome person, but i have seen many many candidates omit the word “for” from their campaign advertising. this is extremely common among candidates of all political parties
there are a million things to hate about sarah huckabee but this is at the very bottom of the list