Republicans could've found someone to give a State of the Union response who has a reputation for telling the truth. They went with Sarah Huckabee Sanders instead. (via MaddowBlog)
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week. ... Sanders, the youngest governor in the U.S., was elected to the governor’s mansion in Little Rock last November and sworn in early last month. She is the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and spent nearly two years as White House press secretary during the Trump administration.
At face value, the GOP’s choice is understandable. The party sees value in creating contrasts with the Democratic president, so officials chose a woman who is half of Biden’s age, and who has extensive experience speaking in support of the Republican agenda.
When The New York Times’ Michael Shear expressed skepticism about the claim, Sanders insisted her claim was entirely accurate. “Between, like, email, text messages, absolutely. Yes,” she declared from the White House podium. “We’re not going to get into a numbers game. I mean, I have heard from a large number of individuals that work at the FBI that said that they’re very happy with the president’s decision.
— though she characterized her deception as a “slip of the tongue.” The Arkansan also said her comments about rank-and-file FBI agents losing confidence in Comey was a comment she made “in the heat of the moment,” and not an observation rooted in fact. It was an extreme example of Sanders’ willingness to say untrue things, but it was not an isolated incident. A Washington Post analysis in 2019 described her as “
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