State of the Union: Sarah Sanders to call up a new generation of leaders in response to Biden

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders will make the case that the nation needs a new generation of leaders when she delivers the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.

At 40, she is the youngest governor in the country, having won the Arkansas election last year. At 80, Biden is the oldest president in history.

‘It’s not necessarily about age,’ said a senior official in the governor’s office, ‘although she will make that contrast.

‘But a new generation is also about the bold policies and bold vision that leaders want to bring. It’s about the new House majority and the oversight they’re going to have against the Biden administration.

“It’s that mom in a local community thinking about running for school board who has never looked for anything like it before.”

He will also accuse Biden of failing to protect Americans from the consequences of open borders, drugs and crime, according to a senior official in his office.

That will be one of three main themes, including the idea that Biden has failed to defend America with drugs flowing across open borders, and that voters are no longer faced with a choice between right and left, conservative and liberal, but between ‘normal and crazy’. ‘

In excerpts published before his speech, he criticized the state of the economy and the ‘awakening’.

‘In radical left America, Washington taxes you and sets your hard-earned money on fire, but you’re crushed by high gas prices, empty supermarket shelves, and our children are taught to hate each other. to others because of their race, but not to love each other or our great country,’ he will say.

In another passage, he will expand on the idea that the Biden administration seems more interested in “awakened fantasies” than the reality facing ordinary Americans.

“Every day, we are told to participate in their rituals, salute their flags, and worship their false idols…all while big government colludes with big tech to rob us of the most American thing there is: freedom of expression,” he said. would say.

Sanders’ role in delivering the answer reflects his rapid rise in the party.

Her position as Donald Trump’s press secretary elevated her to a national figure. And last year she broke Arkansas state fundraising records on her way to becoming the highest-profile Trump official to win elected office.

Coming up with the answer can be tricky business, often remembered for desperately grabbing a bottle of water (Sen. Marco Rubio in 2013) or lip-spitting social media (Rep. Joe Kennedy insisted in 2018 which was ChapStick). )

Sanders served as former President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary for two years, from July 2017 to July 2019, propelling her to national prominence.

But it’s still a great honor and a sign of a rising politician or that the party sees the speaker as the kind of face that can win over voters.

In Sanders’ case, she is not only loyal to Trump, but could help her party reconnect with suburban women.

On Tuesday, Politico published a glowing profile hinting that she might be positioning herself to become Trump’s running mate in 2024.

Her response to the State of the Union, the official said, would avoid delving into the minutiae of policy details, but instead focus on broad issues.

“She will make the case for why President Biden has not stood up for the American people,” he said.

It has failed to defend the border. He has failed to roll back violent crime. He has failed to deal with the drug epidemic.

He has failed on all fronts, and she believes he is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy promoted Sanders’ comments, saying Biden should “tune in”

Sanders will also take on “wokeism” in his speech, and is already on the front lines of the nation’s culture wars. She plans to sign a bill banning drag performances in areas accessible to minors to “protect children” such as drag queen performances.

Viewers of his live speech will have to wait and see if he brings up the Chinese spy balloon.

“The other thing you’re also going to hear in the speech is how in election season we hear a lot about left or right, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative,” the official said.

‘One of the points that he is going to make tonight is that the choice is no longer left or right.

“The choice is really between normal or crazy and she’s going to be immersed in a kind of wake-up culture that a lot of people on the left are pushing.”

Sanders has already put his money where his mouth is in the nation’s culture wars.

Since taking office, he has cracked down on the term “Latinx” and followed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in banning the teaching of what they called “critical race theory.”