Sarah Huckabee Sanders refuses to endorse Trump for president: ‘My focus is not 2024’
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders demurred from answering a question from Fox News hosts about former President Donald Trump’s push to retake the White House in 2024.
The newly elected governor appeared Sunday to discuss her immediate plans for her state, but talks quickly turned to the presidential election a year from now.
‘I love the president, I have a great relationship with him. I know our country would be infinitely better off if he were in office right now instead of Joe Biden, but right now my focus is not 2024,” Sanders told host Shannon Bream.
The Sunday appearance by Sanders, who served as White House press secretary under former President Donald Trump, was her first since taking office last week.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said her “focus is not 2024” when asked if she supported her former boss, former President Donald Trump.
The governor’s interview comes as she has made major headlines for banning the term ‘LatinX’ from state documents and her ban on critical race theory.
While explaining why he tiptoed around endorsing his former boss by saying his focus is on keeping promises to Arkansans.
“I’m really not focused on that at all, but what we can do to impact change and deliver on the promises we made during the campaign season here in Arkansas,” Sanders said.
Bream, however, was not accepting the non-response from the Republican governor.
He Fox the anchor moved on, asking him what exactly he was waiting for.
‘What kind of timeline would I have to make a decision?’ Bream asked. ‘Want to see who else gets into the primaries? Will you wait for the candidate?
Sanders doubled down, saying: ‘My focus is not on 2024. It’s on what we can accomplish in this legislative session. I’m not going to set an arbitrary timeline. I’m not really focused on that at all.
The newly elected governor said her focus is on ‘what we can accomplish in this legislative session’
Sanders refused to take the bait, stating multiple times that she is focused on her role as governor.
“That’s the only thing our team, and what I’m focused on, is delivering on what we set out to do,” Sanders said.
Despite repeated evasions, the Fox host once again tries to get the Republican to comment on the future of the White House.
Bream refers to a 2021 New York Magazine column that speculated that the new governor could be a vice-presidential candidate, potentially alongside former President Donald Trump or the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.
You just took the oath. Already feeling the pressure of future speculation? asks the Fox host.
“I feel the pressure to carry out this legislative session,” the governor responds.
“That’s the only thing our team, and what I’m focused on, is delivering on what we set out to do,” Sanders continues.
Sanders worked as a press secretary during the Trump administration
Some outlets have speculated that she could be a possible running mate for Trump.
Sanders was sworn in Tuesday
The former White House employee is the first woman to be governor of the state
The former White House employee has not wasted time either.
In his first days in office, Sanders took swift action to fulfill campaign promises he’s made over the past two years.
After she was elected to office in November, former President Trump congratulated her, saying she is a “fantastic person and will make a truly incredible governor.”
Last week, the Governor issued executive orders against “woke” practices and procedures, including banning the term “Latinx” in official government documents.
The term is used without gender to describe a person of Latin American origin, potentially someone you may not know is gender or non-binary.
“I’m incredibly excited about what I think we have in front of us and that’s the only thing I’m focusing on right now,” Sanders told Bream Sunday.
Sanders said Sunday that he thinks the country would be in a better place than it is now if his former boss were back in the Oval Office.
Earlier this week, the first female governor of Arkansas also announced that she would ban critical race theory in the state’s schools.
‘Under my leadership, schools will teach reading, writing, math and science, and our children will learn that the identity that really matters is the one we all share: our identity as children of God and citizens of the United States of America,’ she said. at that moment.
“Teachers and school administrators need to teach students how to think, not what to think,” the governor said Tuesday.
Critical race theory centers on the idea that race is a social construct and racism is embedded in legal systems and policies, rather than just in the actions of individuals.
Since taking office, the governor has taken swift action against ‘wake up’ policies
Newly elected governor banned critical racial theories in schools and the term ‘Latinx’
The governor’s ban on critical race theory drew mixed reactions from the public.
“It’s abhorrent that they’ve done that and they want to make it difficult for children to understand our history,” said research scientist and educator Chenoa Summers, who spoke with KAIT 8 in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
“You act like racism doesn’t exist,” said one parent. “I really think that’s the basis for eliminating critical race theory because you want it to look like it doesn’t exist.”
Others in the state, which Sanders won with 63 percent of the vote, have applauded his quick work to ban the controversial practice.
‘She’s my kind of person. She did not hesitate to pull the trigger on things that desperately needed to be removed immediately,” said one YouTube commenter.
“Glad I contributed to your campaign, keep up the good work,” another wrote on Twitter.