All posts tagged "Sarah Sanders"

A local Arkansas newspaper is reporting that Gov. Sarah Sanders is pardoning a turkey at the governor's mansion despite denying clemency to a developmentally disabled convicted murderer.

The Arkansas Times reported Friday that Sanders was slated to spare the fowl in Little Rock.

"Later today, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will 'pardon' a turkey in front of the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion," according to the story published by the outlet earlier on Friday. ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) has spent weeks dogged by questions from reporters and even lawmakers in her own party about the suspicious use of state funds to purchase a $19,000 lectern that no one seems able to locate — and when asked about it at a news conference about a new missile factory in the state, she lost it at the press.

Her conduct was roundly mocked by Austin Bailey in an editorial for the Arkansas Times Friday.

"A new $33 million facility will create 30 new jobs to crank out missiles for Israel’s Iron Dome and a similar U.S. system, the SkyHunter® missile. The first batch won’t roll off conveyor belts until 2025, but that didn’t stop Sanders and the defense contractors from throwing a huzzah to Israel and yawping Arkansas’s hawkish swagger," wrote Bailey. "'We don’t shy away from being America’s arsenal,' Sanders said. 'We’re not bashful about building the aircraft and weapons that are necessary to keep America safe.'"...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) faces new and deepening questions in the so-called "Podiumgate" controversy, following a new report that she tried to alter records about an invoice for a $19,000 lectern she purchased with a state government credit card, according to the Associated Press.

"The Arkansas GOP paid for the lectern in September, but the words 'to be reimbursed' were only added later to the original invoice, records released this week show. The undated reimbursement note adds to weeks of scrutiny over the purchase, which has dominated political talk in Arkansas," reported Andrew DeMillo. "The Republican Party of Arkansas reimbursed the state for the purchase on Sept. 14, and Sanders’ office has called the use of a state credit card for the lectern an accounting error. Sanders’ office said it received the lectern in August."

Prior reports have indictated, however, that the reimbursement was only arranged after reporters started asking questions....