Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders avoided answering a question Fox News anchor regarding former president Donald TrumpPushing to take back the White House in 2024.
The newly elected governor appeared on Sunday to discuss her immediate plans for her state, but the conversation quickly turned to the presidential election a year away.
‘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 But right now my focus is not on 2024,’ Sanders told anchor Shannon Bream.
Sunday’s appearance by Sanders, who served as White House press secretary under former President Donald Trump, was the first since she was sworn in last week.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said her ‘focus is not 2024’ when she endorses her old boss, former President Donald Trump
The governor’s interview comes at a time when he made major headlines for banning the word ‘Latinx’ from state documents and critical race theory.
Explaining why she’s backing her former boss, she says her focus is on delivering on promises she made to Arkansas residents.
Sanders said, “I’m not really focusing on that at all, but focusing on what we can do to effect change and what we did during the campaign season in Arkansas.” Can fulfill promises.
Bream, however, was not taking non-answers from the Republican governor.
fox Anchor presses, asks her what exactly she is waiting for.
‘What kind of time frame do you have for making a decision?’ Bream asked. ‘Do you want to see who else makes it to the primary? Will you wait for the nominee?
Sanders said, ‘I’m not focused on 2024. It is on what we can do in this legislative session. I’m not going to set an arbitrary timeline. I am not really focused on that at all.
Newly elected governor says he’s focused on ‘what we can do this legislative session’
Sanders refused to take the bait, saying at times that he was focused on his role as governor
“That’s the only thing our team and I’m focused on, accomplishing what we set out to do,” Sanders said.
Despite being repeatedly sidelined, the Fox anchor makes one more attempt to get Republicans to comment on the future of the White House.
Bream Reference A New York Magazine column from 2021 speculating that the new governor could be a vice presidential candidate, potentially alongside former President Donald Trump Trump or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
‘You have just taken the oath. Are you already feeling the pressure of future speculation?’ the Fox host asks.
The governor replies, ‘I feel pressured to finish this legislative session.’
“That’s the one thing that our team, and that’s what I’m focused on, is accomplishing what we set out to do,” Sanders continued.
Sanders served 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 on Tuesday
The former White House staffer is the first woman to become governor in the state
The former White House staffer hasn’t wasted any time either.
In his first several days in office, Sanders has swiftly taken action to deliver on his campaign promises over the past two years.
After she was elected to the office in November, former President Trump congratulated her, saying she was a “fantastic person and would be a really incredible governor.”
In the past week, the governor has issued executive orders against ‘woke’ practices and procedures, including banning the word ‘Latinx’ from official government documents.
The term is used in a non-gendered way to describe a person of Latin American descent, potentially someone you don’t know their gender is or is non-binary.
‘I think I’m incredibly excited about what’s in front of us and that’s the only thing I’m focused on,’ Sanders told Bream Sunday.
Sanders said Sunday that he believes the country would be in a better state than it is now if his former boss were to return to the Oval Office
Earlier this week, the first female governor of Arkansas also announced that she would be banning critical race doctrine inside 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 as citizens of the United States of America. identity,’ she said at the time.
“Teachers and school administrators should be teaching students how to think, not what to think,” the governor said Tuesday.
Critical race theory focuses on the idea that race is a social construct, and that racism is embedded in legal systems and policies, rather than simply the actions of individuals.
Since taking office, the governor has taken prompt action against ‘jagrut’ policies
Newly elected governor critical of race theories and ban of the word ‘Latinx’ in schools
The governor’s ban on the important breed doctrine received a mixed response from the public.
Research scientist and teacher Chenoa Summers said, ‘It is disgusting that they did this and they want to make it difficult for children to understand our history. hook 8 in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
One parent said, ‘You act like racism doesn’t exist.’ ‘I actually think this is grounds for taking away the important race theory because you want to make it appear as if it doesn’t exist.’
Others in the state, which Sanders won with 63 percent of the vote, applauded his swift action to ban the controversial practice.
‘He’s my kind of person. One YouTube commenter said he didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger on stuff that was in dire need of immediate elimination.
“Glad I contributed to your campaign, keep up the good work,” another wrote on Twitter.