Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the upcoming Netflix <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxOdrBoYzKg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series</a> that follows inmates at an Arkansas detention center who are given nearly unlimited freedom as part of a social experiment was built around a &#8220;reckless decision&#8221; by the local sheriff and is &#8220;insulting&#8221; to law enforcement.
“Unlocked: A Jail Experiment,” set to be released on April 10, films inmates after Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins announces his plan to remove locks and officers to let the prisoners “be a community.” The Arkansas Democrat Gazette <a href="https://edition.arkansasonline.com/article/7926679989172240" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the experiment at the jail near Little Rock took place over two months last year and allowed inmates in one cell block to live without cell doors and move freely without any law enforcement.
The experiment and corresponding Netflix series was a mistake, Sanders told The Daily Wire.
“Turning our prisons into a free-for-all all reality show is dangerous and insulting to our brave law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to apprehend violent criminals,” Sanders said. “This is a reckless decision by the Pulaski County Sheriff and highlights the need for our new state prison to keep repeat violent offenders off our streets and our communities safe.”
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The trailer shows inmates using drugs and making alcohol, while some insist they want things to go well so they can see their families again. Typically, a deputy is stationed inside the cell block and prisoners are kept in their cells for up to 23 hours a day. For the experiment, a deputy was stationed outside the cell block for safety.
The Gazette noted that the prison where the Netflix series was filmed already operated an open-plan arrangement in its A and B blocks, but the show follows its conversion of H block. After the experiment was over, Sheriff Higgins continued to operate H block in an open-plan fashion.
Before the experiment, only inmates who were designated as best behaved were allowed to live in the open-plan blocks, the Gazette reported. The experiment, however, included inmates who were not classified as well-behaved, and it appears some inmates had to be removed from the block during the experiment. The outlet noted that the inmates “who remained” at the end of filming were now considered best behaved.
While the trailer appears to show inmates with drugs, the Gazette reported that only one inmate was charged with allegedly possessing cocaine, but the charges were dropped after testing was revealed to be a false positive.
The series has created controversy throughout Arkansas. Democrat Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde and other court members are looking into Sheriff Higgins’ agreement with the film crew. Hyde said the agreement was illegal and that Higgins had no authority to make it, according to the Gazette.
The local Justice of the Peace, a Republican named Phil Stowers, told the outlet that deputies who were offered payment of $40 per hour to work during filming also may have violated the law.
Under Arkansas law, public servants are barred from receiving gifts and compensation other than their income and benefits from the government. Deputies can work off-duty jobs, but because they were paid to work their government jobs by the film producers, it could violate the law. These deputies were hired to provide “additional security” during the show’s production, the Gazette reported.

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Sarah Sanders Sounds Off On Netflix Series That Turns Arkansas Jail Into A ‘Free For All Reality Show’

Arkansas Sheriff Implements Prison Social Experiment For Netflix Series, Governor Sanders Outraged

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Prisons

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

U.S.

Arkansas Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sarah-huckabee-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Sanders</a> said on Tuesday that the state would ban the use of “X” on driver&#8217;s licenses and that state IDs must identify the individual as either male or female, according to an announcement first shared with The Daily Wire. 
Sanders’ office announced that the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) would rescind previous administrative procedures that allowed people to use an &#8220;X&#8221; designation instead of male or female on state-issued IDs. The ID must now align with the gender on the birth certificate of the resident. 
“This policy is just common sense,” Sanders told The Daily Wire. “Only women give birth, men shouldn’t play women’s sports, and there are only two genders. As long as I’m Governor, Arkansas state government will not endorse nonsense.”
Current Arkansas residents who have &#8220;X&#8221; on their IDs can continue to use them as they will be valid until they expire, then must be updated with either male or female. The new policy requires the gender marker to be in compliance with a person’s original or amended birth certificate. 
The policy allowing the use of X on IDs first rolled out in 2010, was flagged for DFA Secretary Jim Hudson after he began reviewing department policies in August 2023. Hudson said that the new policy was made in conjunction with Arkansas law.
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“This change announced today reflects a commonsense approach that ensures a license or ID issued by the State of Arkansas is based on objective, verifiable information,” Hudson said. “All of our stakeholders in law enforcement, other government agencies, caregivers, schools, and businesses depend on DFA-issued licenses and IDs to keep our communities safe and to prevent fraud. The discontinued policy is not supported by Arkansas law and was never subject to public comment and review by the Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC), as required by the Administrative Procedures Act.”
On Tuesday, the DFA will submit an emergency rule to the Arkansas Legislative Council’s executive subcommittee for review. 
“We are committed to implementing this new policy in a manner that is respectful towards all of our customers,” Hudson said.
Sanders previously issued an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-sanders-eliminates-woke-anti-women-language-from-arkansas-government-documents-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a> to remove “woke, anti-women” language from government documents, replacing words like “pregnant people” with things like “pregnant women” or “pregnant mom.”

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Arkansas To Ban Use Of ‘X’ On Drivers Licenses, Says Gender Must Match Birth Certificate

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Social Issues

EAGLE PASS — Thirteen governors joined Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott at the southern border in Eagle Pass on Sunday to show support for his ongoing feud with the Biden administration over the border crisis, and see for themselves how Texas has stepped up where the federal government has failed.
“Governor Abbott has been stepping up where the federal government is dropping their duty,” Gov. Sarah Sanders of Arkansas told The Daily Wire after a briefing at the border. “So states are coming together, working together, to help do the job of the federal government.”
The visit to the border comes amid a border crisis, with more than <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 million</a> illegal immigrants crossing the border since Joe Biden took office. After the federal government failed to secure the border, Abbott took matters into his own hands by taking control of Shelby Park and reinforcing the border.
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Speaking in front of national guard troops, Abbott touted his administration&#8217;s success in significantly reducing the number of border crossings and blasted the Biden administration.
“Joe Biden has completely abdicated and abandoned his responsibility to enforce the laws of the United States,” Abbott said. “As opposed to detaining any illegal immigrants, Biden has instead let them all loose across the entire country with no ability to accurately determine their whereabouts.”
Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) praised Abbott for his state&#8217;s success in lowering the number of crosses in the Eagle Pass area from thousands to single digits.
“They have virtually shut down crossings here in Eagle Pass,” Gianforte told The Daily Wire. “They showed pictures of 3,500 people in a detention center right here in this park … in the last couple of weeks — since they’ve taken the actions here to secure the border — they’ve had single digit crossings each day.”
Gianforte, whose state borders Canada, said he’s been to the southern border four times because the drugs coming across the borders have harmed his state.
“We’ve been able to shut down Montana Meth but now we have Mexican Meth in Montana along with the fentanyl, and it&#8217;s breaking up families, it&#8217;s increasing violent crime,” Gianforte said, adding that Montana’s National Guard troops were on the southern border for most of last year. &#8220;We need to secure our border and put it to an end.&#8221;
While 25 governors signed onto a letter in support of Abbott last week, his press conference at Shelby Park was attended by just about half of the signees. In addition to Sanders and Gianforte, the trip to the border included Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Idaho Governor Brad Little, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, and Utah Governor Spencer Cox.
Sanders said the group of governors does not intend to abandon the mission until the Biden administration steps up.
“Hopefully the federal government sees that Texas and other states are capable of doing the job they claim is impossible, and that they’ll start helping in the process,” Sanders said. “If they don’t, you’ll continue to see states step up because we know that we have to protect our border and protect the people of our states.”
Texas authorities denied a request from the Biden administration to hand over control of the park to Border Patrol, with the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety instead maintaining control and even reinforcing existing border barriers with additional razor wire.

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> officially received the endorsement of Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a rally in Hialeah, Florida, on Wednesday.
Sanders, who working under the former president as White House press secretary, teased her endorsement earlier this week. Trump took the stage for his rally in Florida as five of his GOP primary competitors took another stage together in Miami for the third primary debate. Trump has skipped the primary debates, citing his lead in the polls.
“Our country has never needed Donald Trump more than we do right now,” Sanders told the cheering crowd. “Tonight, I am so proud to endorse my former boss, my friend, and everybody’s favorite president, Donald J. Trump.”
Trump took the stage after Sanders, thanking his former spokeswoman for her support and launching into a roughly 45-minute speech. The former president repeatedly attacked the sitting president, Joe Biden, over his handling of the economy, the southern border, international relations, and other issues. Trump also repeated his nickname for the president, “crooked Joe,” a reference to the influence peddling scheme the Biden family has allegedly engaged in for years with foreign agents.
“Crooked Joe Biden and the radical Left Democrats are turning the United States into Communist Cuba, and you know because we have a lot of great Cubans here,” Trump said to cheers from the Florida crowd. “We have a lot of great Cubans here, and nobody ever did more for Americans that love Cuba than a gentleman named Donald J. Trump when he was president.”
Trump estimated that 15 million immigrants will have crossed the U.S. southern border and entered the country by the end of Biden’s first term. He pledged to launch the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history” on the first day of his second term.
Trump also touted the results of a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from The New York Times and Sienna College that showed the former president leading Biden in five of six swing states.
“It means we’re going to have strong borders, great education, you’re going to be able to buy a house, we’re going to have interest rates come down, we’re going to have a great military, we’re going to have safety and security. It means everything. It means we’re going to have a country, because you’re not going to have a country left if we don’t win this election,” Trump said.
Toward the end of the rally, the Republican mayor of Hialeah, Esteban Bovo, joined Trump on stage and presented him with a mock road sign touting the former president’s name: “President Donald J. Trump Avenue.” Bovo said he would bring a proposal up to rename a street after Trump to the city council next week.
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders Endorses Trump At Florida Rally: ‘Everybody’s Favorite President’

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Republican Arkansas Governor and former White House Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-choice-is-between-normal-and-crazy-sarah-sanders-draws-sharp-contrast-with-dems-in-sotu-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Huckabee Sanders</a> is set to endorse her former boss Donald Trump at a rally Wednesday night, her office confirmed. 
Sanders will appear with Trump on stage at his rally near Miami on Wednesday, the same night the third Republican presidential debate will take place just right down the road from Trump’s event, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/sarah-huckabee-sanders-set-endorse-trump-florida-rally-miami-rcna123876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Arkansas governor’s endorsement comes as Trump dominates the GOP field in the polls and is ahead of President Joe Biden in the Real Clear Politics average of national polling. 
&#8220;It’s not a question between right versus left anymore,&#8221; Sanders said in a statement. &#8220;It’s normal versus crazy, and President Biden and the left are doubling down on crazy. The time has come to return to the normal policies of the Trump era which created a safer, stronger, and more prosperous America, and that’s why I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for President.&#8221;
Sanders&#8217; statement echoed her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-choice-is-between-normal-and-crazy-sarah-sanders-draws-sharp-contrast-with-dems-in-sotu-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener">response</a> to Biden&#8217;s most recent State of the Union Address, where she drew a contrast between the Republicans&#8217; and Democrats&#8217; visions for the future of America.
“In the radical Left’s America, Washington taxes you and lights your hard-earned money on fire. But you get crushed with high gas prices, empty grocery shelves, and our children are taught to hate one another on account of their race, but not to love one another or our great country,” she said in the GOP&#8217;s televised response to Biden&#8217;s SOTU. “The dividing line in America is no longer between Right or Left. The choice is between normal and crazy.”
The former press secretary for Trump had reportedly frustrated the Trump campaign by withholding her endorsement for this long as he faces a slew of Republican opponents in the GOP primary. The former president responded to Sanders’ pending endorsement, calling it an “honor.” 
“We had great success in the White House and it’s an honor to have Sarah’s endorsement,&#8221; Trump said in a statement. &#8220;I look forward to having her at the big rally in Hialeah this Wednesday.”
With Sanders’ endorsement, Trump has now secured the backing of five Republican governors, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-has-endorsed-donald-trump-president-2024-republicans-gop-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. The former president has also won the endorsements of nearly 80 House Republicans and 11 GOP senators.
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Sanders’ endorsement of Trump comes after the former president’s Republican rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iowa-governor-reynolds-endorses-desantis-for-president-hes-the-person-we-need-leading-this-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Monday, securing his biggest endorsement of the 2024 primary. Reynolds backed DeSantis after initially saying she would stay neutral before the Iowa caucuses, scheduled for January 15, 2024, angering Trump who <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111359635139712856" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> her “disloyal” and said that her DeSantis endorsement “will be the end of her political career.” 
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iowa-governor-reynolds-endorses-desantis-for-president-hes-the-person-we-need-leading-this-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> angered the Republican National Committee by scheduling his Miami rally on the same night and in the same city as the third Republican debate, which will be hosted by NBC. The former president and GOP frontrunner has skipped each of the Republican presidential debates, arguing that his huge lead in the polls renders them meaningless.

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders To Endorse Trump

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders To Endorse Trump

Endorsement

Republicans

Arkansas Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sarah-huckabee-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Huckabee Sanders</a> eliminated &#8220;woke, anti-women&#8221; language from government documents in an executive order signed on Thursday that takes a strong stance defending women against terms promoting radical gender theory.
&#8220;The science is clear and real; [t]here are things only women can do, like perform the miracle of birth,&#8221; Sanders wrote in the executive order <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sarah-huckabee-sanders-executive-order-eliminating-woke-anti-women-state-government" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> first by Fox News Digital. &#8220;Government should reject language that ignores, undermines, and erases women; Government should celebrate gender distinctions between men and women – not erase them.&#8221;
Sanders, 41, who became the first female elected as the governor of Arkansas this year, enacted the order as radical left-wing ideology pushing &#8220;culturally conscious&#8221; or &#8220;inclusive&#8221; language continues to subvert state governments and American institutions nationwide.
In Arkansas alone, the state&#8217;s health department reportedly published a memo describing small per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) negatively affecting &#8220;pregnant people.&#8221; But under Sanders&#8217; new order, state officials must use terms specific to women, such as &#8220;pregnant women&#8221; or &#8220;pregnant mom.&#8221;
Such terms are included in &#8220;banning a number of all sorts of ridiculous words from state government documents,&#8221; Sanders said.
&#8220;We are all here to say enough,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Enough trying to erase women and girls. Enough denying our biological differences from men. Enough of the craziness taking over our country.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re using nonsense words to erase women and girls – and more importantly, to erase our voices and experiences,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Today, we&#8217;re taking a stand against woke nonsense … It&#8217;s the Left that decided that woman is a dirty word. It&#8217;s the Left that decided that we needed to toss out basic biology – and basic grammar along with it.&#8221;
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Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Kay Chandler reportedly called the order &#8220;just common sense.&#8221;
&#8220;Our governor won&#8217;t let political correctness get in the way of science,&#8221; Chandler said.
The latest action marks another milestone Sanders has taken to eliminate woke indoctrination in American culture during her governorship.
Earlier this year, Sanders <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arkansas-governor-sarah-huckabee-sanders-bans-word-from-state-government-documents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an executive order banning &#8220;Latinx&#8221; in government documents, calling the language &#8220;culturally insensitive&#8221; to the Latino community.
&#8220;Ethnically insensitive and pejorative language has no place in official government documents or government employee titles,&#8221; Sanders&#8217; executive order stated. &#8220;The government has a responsibility to respect its citizens and use ethnically appropriate language, particularly when referring to ethnic minorities.&#8221;
Sanders also signed an executive order banning schools from teaching Critical Race Theory, which the order described as &#8220;antithetical to the traditional American values of neutrality, equality, and fairness.&#8221;

Gov. Sanders Eliminates ‘Woke, Anti-Women’ Language From Arkansas Government Documents: Report

Gov. Sanders Eliminates 'Woke, Anti-Women' Language From Arkansas Government Business: Report

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What Is A Woman

Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-christie-explains-why-he-believes-his-attacks-on-trump-will-work-where-others-have-failed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Christie</a>, who has centered his 2024 campaign on attacking former President Donald Trump, switched his focus to attacking GOP governors who have banned child sex-change procedures.
The former New Jersey governor spoke out against state governments banning transgender surgeries for children and called out a Republican governor by name while speaking to Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Thursday. Christie, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-christie-launches-presidential-campaign-takes-immediate-aim-at-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> his 2024 bid earlier this month, said he believes the issue of sex-change procedures should stay between parents and their children without government intrusion, Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/chris-christie-argues-against-banning-minors-from-transitioning-a-decision-made-by-parents-not-by-the-government/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“I just don’t want to see our government getting more and more intrusive in everybody’s life, getting bigger,” Christie said, adding, “I don’t think anything can replace parents when you’re talking about major decisions that are needs to be made by our children.”
“So if a 14-year-old comes home and says, I really want to start switching genders, that’s the parent’s decision?” Kilmeade pressed.
“I’ll tell you, it’s more of a parent’s decision than it’s a governor’s decision, for goodness sakes, Brian, you really think that Sarah Huckabee Sanders should be making this decision for children in Arkansas?” Christie replied. “I love Sarah. I think she’s a great person and a really good governor. But I don’t think she would ever allow the government to substitute her judgment as a mother for their judgment.” 

The Arkansas law was enacted by the legislature in 2021 over the veto of then-Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson. Sanders signed legislation to effectively restore the 2021 law by creating an avenue for individuals who received “gender affirming care” to pursue civil litigation against medical providers who perform sex change procedures on minors. Earlier this week, an Obama-appointed federal judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-strikes-down-arkansas-law-banning-sex-change-procedures-for-minors-as-unconstitutional" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck down</a> Arkansas’ ban on sex-change surgeries and treatments for minors as unconstitutional. 
Other Republican governors, such as Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Tennessee’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-signs-bills-protecting-children-from-sex-change-procedures-drag-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Lee</a>, and Mississippi’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippi-bans-sex-change-procedures-for-minors-matt-walsh-delivers-remarks-with-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tate Reeves</a> have signed similar legislation. DeSantis, who has positioned himself as Trump’s greatest threat from within the Republican Party, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-bans-mutilating-surgical-procedures-on-minors-other-woke-initiatives-not-happening-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> a package of five bills into law in May banning sex-change procedures for children. 
Christie’s latest remarks double down on <a href="https://katv.com/news/nation-world/chris-christie-comes-out-against-banning-gender-change-procedures-for-minors-cnn-jake-tapper-trans-transgender-donald-trump-gop-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a> he made to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that placed him at odds with many of his fellow Republicans. The presidential candidate’s opposition to laws against child sex-change procedures isn’t the only issue he will have a difficult time convincing hardline conservatives on. Christie’s constant negative comments about the party’s frontrunner will also pose challenges to his campaign as was shown on Friday when he was booed during a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference after he attacked Trump.
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Chris Christie Attacks Republican Governors For Banning Child Sex-Change Procedures

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arkansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arkansas</a>&#8216; capital city is reeling after a massive tornado blew through on Friday afternoon, sending dozens to the hospital and causing extensive damage.
Witnesses posted video of the funnel from several angles as it <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/weather/severe-storms-south-central-us-friday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed through</a> the area, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
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Insane video of massive Tornado on the Ground in Little Rock taken from the 7th floor of Little Rock Baptist hospital.. Video by Kristal Benton from Medical Towers 1 <a href="https://t.co/710L3RQj9k">pic.twitter.com/710L3RQj9k</a>
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wife took this from baptist hospital in LR <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tornado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tornado</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/littlerock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#littlerock</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arkansas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Arkansas</a> <a href="https://t.co/VqskSxjxGE">pic.twitter.com/VqskSxjxGE</a>
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This is the tornado as it moved through Little Rock this afternoon &#8211; our field meteorologist <a href="https://twitter.com/AlaStormTracker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlaStormTracker</a> saw debris lofted, he is joining us now on WeatherNation to discuss the storm and damage <a href="https://t.co/O4hraIjFmi">pic.twitter.com/O4hraIjFmi</a>
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Videos show a powerful tornado moving through Little Rock, Arkansas. A significant tornado outbreak is underway in the South and Midwest, as millions are under a severe weather threat. There are a &quot;significant&quot; number of injuries, authorities say. <a href="https://t.co/rgm2GnFeUB">https://t.co/rgm2GnFeUB</a> <a href="https://t.co/12zwTm9Nmt">pic.twitter.com/12zwTm9Nmt</a>
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Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. announced in a tweet that he had been in contact with Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, asking for the state to provide any assistance the people impacted might need.
&#8220;I have been in contact with Gov. @SarahHuckabee Sanders to request National Guard assistance with our response to the tornado emergency,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Again, please stay away from the affected areas to allow emergency responders access.&#8221;
Sanders&#8217; response was quick: &#8220;Here at the Capitol I just signed an executive order declaring that a State of Emergency exists in the State of Arkansas due to today’s severe weather. We will spare no resource to assist with response and recovery efforts for Arkansans impacted.&#8221;
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Here at the Capitol I just signed an executive order declaring that a State of Emergency exists in the State of Arkansas due to today’s severe weather. We will spare no resource to assist with response and recovery efforts for Arkansans impacted. <a href="https://t.co/FsY47vOusn">pic.twitter.com/FsY47vOusn</a>
&mdash; Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1641920722921566208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I’ve activated the Arkansas National Guard. They will be assisting Arkansas State Police and local law enforcement around the state,&#8221; she added.
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I’ve activated the Arkansas National Guard. They will be assisting Arkansas State Police and local law enforcement around the state.
&mdash; Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1641930133970857984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Reports of casualties began pouring in almost immediately as people began to make their way into hospitals for treatment. Mayor Scott issued a statement saying that he already knew of two dozen who had been injured.
&#8220;At this time, we know of 24 people who have been hospitalized at Little Rock hospitals and we are not aware of any fatalities in Little Rock at this time. Property damage is extensive and we are still responding. #LRwx #ARwx,&#8221; he said.
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At this time, we know of 24 people who have been hospitalized at Little Rock hospitals and we are not aware of any fatalities in Little Rock at this time. Property damage is extensive and we are still responding. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LRwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LRwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ARwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ARwx</a>
&mdash; Frank Scott, Jr. (@FrankScottJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankScottJr/status/1641943093187362818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Cara Wade, a spokeswoman for Baptist Health medical centers in Little Rock and North Little Rock, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/us/midwest-storms-flood-weather.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed to The New York Times</a> that they were already treating 21 patients who had been injured during the tornado — and several of them were critical.
The damages reported so far have been extensive — roofs were ripped from homes and businesses, churches and schools sustained heavy damages, vehicles were flipped, and trees and street signs were bent or felled altogether.
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The Baptist church on Donavan Briley Blvd south of camp Robinson in NLR sustained heavy damage <a href="https://t.co/D8keT9OeqL">pic.twitter.com/D8keT9OeqL</a>
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Wynne high school sustained HEAVY damage <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/arwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#arwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/JjQ9zCRCED">pic.twitter.com/JjQ9zCRCED</a>
&mdash; James Bryant (@KATVJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KATVJames/status/1641942024411574272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Calais Forest Apartments in west Little Rock from David Cole… <a href="https://t.co/2FmWXEBmVO">pic.twitter.com/2FmWXEBmVO</a>
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Stop sign is twisted but still standing in Burns Park in NLR <a href="https://t.co/N0F3qrYe2g">pic.twitter.com/N0F3qrYe2g</a>
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According to the NYT report, by Friday evening, some 90,000 people in Arkansas were still without power.

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that state officials plan to file three separate lawsuits against TikTok and Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, accusing the social media giants of pushing addictive and damaging content on children.
The governor&#8217;s office said the lawsuits would fall under the state&#8217;s Deceptive Trade Practices Act, prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.
&#8220;We have to hold Big Tech companies accountable for pushing addictive platforms on our kids and exposing them to a world of inappropriate, damaging content,&#8221; Sanders said in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arkansas-sues-social-media-giants-addictive-effect-kids-rewiring-how-our-children-think?intcmp=tw_fnc">Fox News Digital</a>. &#8220;Arkansas is leading the charge on filing three lawsuits against TikTok and Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram.&#8221;
The governor&#8217;s office said the legal actions come after a decade of watching social media companies evade government oversight while exploiting children for profit, pledging her administration would not tolerate &#8220;the failed status quo.&#8221; Sanders further accused Meta of putting the company&#8217;s growth &#8220;at all costs&#8221; before the well-being of children.
One lawsuit has already been filed against Meta for &#8220;targeting young users of its products to the detriment of their mental and physical health,&#8221; Fox News reported.
Meta is &#8220;rewiring how our children think, feel and behave.&#8221; Sanders&#8217; office said, adding the company allegedly publicly misled consumers about the addictive nature of its products.
&#8220;The youth of Arkansas are the direct victims of Meta&#8217;s actions, and Meta should be held accountable.&#8221; Sanders&#8217; office said.
State officials have also filed two separate lawsuits against ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, which has faced ongoing criticism in the United States for allegedly threatening national security. The app has been accused of driving narratives that divide Americans against each other.
According to the one lawsuit reported by Fox News, it pertains to the &#8220;abundance of posts dealing with mature themes, nudity and drugs viewed by minors despite TikTok&#8217;s claims that such posts are unavailable to maintain teenager-approved ratings on various application stores.&#8221;
While the other lawsuit relates to the &#8220;deception by TikTok that the user data of Arkansans is safe from access by the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;
&#8220;China is a foreign adversary that is targeting our children through social media in a serious challenge to American values,&#8221; Sanders&#8217; office said. &#8220;China is also threatening our nation&#8217;s security and our citizens&#8217; privacy by leveraging information technologies like TikTok against the United States.
President Joe Biden and several state officials have banned TikTok from government devices over data security and surveillance concerns after reports indicated that ByteDance staffers in China used the platform to monitor the locations of specific American users.
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawmakers-to-advance-tiktok-bill-us-house-speaker-says">announced</a> Sunday that lawmakers would advance legislation proposing a nationwide ban on TikTok after the video-sharing app&#8217;s CEO testified before Congress last week.
House Energy and Commerce Committee officials called on TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to testify before the panel over their national security threats, data privacy, and safety issues for the app&#8217;s 150 million American users.
During the hearing, Chew neglected to answer whether individuals associated with ByteDance, the social media platform&#8217;s Chinese parent company, helped him prepare for the hearing. Lawmakers further pressed Chew asking if the app has spied on Americans at the request of Bejing, which the CEO denied.
&#8220;It&#8217;s very concerning that the CEO of TikTok can&#8217;t be honest and admit what we already know to be true—China has access to TikTok user data,&#8221; McCarthy wrote in a tweet. &#8220;The House will be moving forward with legislation to protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;

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Arkansas To File Lawsuits Against Social Media Giants For Pushing ‘Addictive, Damaging’ Content On Children

Arkansas To File Lawsuits Against Social Media Giants For Pushing 'Addictive, Damaging' Content On Children

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Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to attacks this week from Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom about crime in the state of Arkansas by pointing to the number of people fleeing the state of California.
Newsom tweeted on Tuesday night following Sanders&#8217; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-choice-is-between-normal-and-crazy-sarah-sanders-draws-sharp-contrast-with-dems-in-sotu-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuttal</a> to President Joe Biden&#8217;s State of the Union address about crime in the southern state.
&#8220;While @SarahHuckabee touts public safety, here is what she skips over: Arkansas has the one of the highest murder rates in the nation,&#8221; Newsom said.
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Arkansas has the one of the highest murder rates in the nation.
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Sanders responded to the criticism during an interview Thursday night with Fox News host Sean Hannity, who pointed out that Newsom seemingly ignored the fact that Sanders had been in office &#8220;a whopping 31 days.&#8221;
&#8220;By comparison, when you look at Gavin Newsom&#8217;s time in public office, his time as San Francisco mayor, lieutenant governor, now governor, Newsom has spent nearly 7,000 days driving California straight into the ground,&#8221; Hannity said. &#8220;Crime and homelessness are now through the roof. The drug problem in California is out of control. Reports of school children being forced to walk through open-air drug dens. California ranked dead last again in the U-haul index.&#8221;
Sanders said the fact that Newsom was attacking her proved that she was doing something right with the initial actions she has taken as the state&#8217;s new governor.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s not forget, he literally had to run ads begging people to stay in California not that long ago. And every single town I go to in Arkansas, I meet someone who has moved from California,&#8221; she said. &#8220;My message to them is we&#8217;re glad you&#8217;re here but don&#8217;t forget why you left California. We are proud of our state and our gates are open for people to come.&#8221;
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On Tuesday, during her 15-minute speech following Biden’s State of the Union, Sanders contrasted Republicans’ agenda with the president’s. She leaned into what she called a “Left-wing culture war” and denounced Biden and Democrats for being “highjacked by the radical Left.” The Arkansas governor framed the differences between the two parties as those between normalcy and radicalism.
“In the radical Left’s America, Washington taxes you and lights your hard-earned money on fire. But you get crushed with high gas prices, empty grocery shelves, and our children are taught to hate one another on account of their race, but not to love one another or our great country,” she continued. “The dividing line in America is no longer between Right or Left. The choice is between normal and crazy.”
Sanders went on to tout her own record as governor, despite taking office less than a month ago. The Arkansas governor mentioned her efforts to combat Critical Race Theory in education, ban the term “Latinx” in the state government, and take action against COVID regulations and lockdown measures.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-huckabee-sanders-declines-to-endorse-trump-for-president">Sarah Huckabee Sanders Declines To Endorse Trump For President</a>
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Delivers GOP Response To State Of The Union

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Responds To Attacks From Gavin Newsom

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Having to give the opposing party&#8217;s response after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/state-of-the-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State of the Union</a> always seems like drawing the short stick as a politician. At least that&#8217;s the way it seemed for whoever had to respond to President Donald Trump and even President Barack Obama&#8217;s State of the Union speeches.
But on Tuesday night, after President Joe Biden provided a rambling speech where he slurred lies and spewed division, newly sworn-in Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) shined as she was tapped to give the official GOP rebuttal to Biden. Sanders&#8217; message was refreshing for its clarity as well its conciseness in explaining what&#8217;s at stake. Sanders’ final grade can be found below.
“Being a mom to three young children taught me not to believe every story I hear. So forgive me for not believing much of anything I heard tonight from President Biden,&#8221; she said at the outset of her remarks. &#8220;From out-of-control inflation and violent crime to the dangerous border crisis and threat from China, Biden and the Democrats have failed you.&#8221;
Sanders then went on to profess what truly makes America great.
“Tonight, let us reaffirm our commitment to a timeless American idea: that government exists not to rule the people, but to serve the people,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Democrats want to rule us with more government control, but that is not who we are.&#8221;
Reminding Americans of their remarkable place in history, the former Trump White House press secretary said, &#8220;America is the greatest country the world has ever known because we are the freest country the world has ever known, with a people who are strong and resilient.&#8221;
The youngest governor in the country was able to intertwine her own story to highlight the difference between the GOP and Biden&#8217;s agenda.
“I’m the first woman to lead my state,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He’s the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can’t even tell you what a woman is.&#8221;
“In the radical Left’s America, Washington taxes you and lights your hard-earned money on fire, but you get crushed with high gas prices, empty grocery shelves, and our children are taught to hate one another on account of their race, but not to love one another or our great country,&#8221; she said point-blank.
Sanders also put forth what the political fight from here on out is truly about.
“The dividing line in America is no longer between Right or Left,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The choice is between normal or crazy. &#8221;
What does &#8220;crazy&#8221; look like?
Well, as Sanders said, &#8220;the Biden administration seems more interested in woke fantasies than the hard reality Americans face every day. Most Americans simply want to live their lives in freedom and peace, but we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we didn’t start and never wanted to fight.&#8221;
&#8220;Every day, we are told that we must partake in their rituals, salute their flags, and worship their false idols … all while big government colludes with Big Tech to strip away the most American thing there is — your Freedom of speech.”
“That’s not normal. It’s crazy, and it’s wrong,&#8221; she said.
One thing is clear, this &#8220;new generation of Republicans&#8221; isn&#8217;t shying away from the culture wars or taking on big business when needed. She also tackled illegal immigration, foreign policy embarrassments, and more.
In good news for Americans ever discontent with the establishment of both sides, Sanders made it known that the GOP will &#8220;not to be caretakers of the status quo, but to be changemakers for the American people.&#8221;
She ended her speech by entrusting the future into God&#8217;s hands.
&#8220;And with God as our witness, we will show the world that America is still the place where freedom reigns and liberty will never die,&#8221; she concluded.
Indeed, all of that does sound &#8220;normal&#8221; — especially compared to the freak show that is the Democratic Party.
Overall, she earns a B+. While the speech was great when focused on the issues of the day, it could have been sharpened by providing some more tangible solutions from the GOP to counteract left-wing lunacy. It also lagged at times, but again — it&#8217;s never easy following an 80-minute speech. It was certainly the best rebuttal in quite some time.
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Normal Vs. Crazy: Grading Sarah Sanders’ Response To Biden’s State Of The Union

Normal Vs. Crazy: Grading Sarah Sanders’ Response To Biden's State Of The Union

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President Joe Biden will deliver his first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/state-of-the-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State of the Union</a> address before a divided Congress on Tuesday night.
Since becoming president in January 2021, Biden had Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) behind him as he delivered past speeches in the U.S. Capitol. Now, for the first time, he&#8217;ll have a Republican looking over his shoulder as he speaks. That will be House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-kevin-mccarthy-elected-next-speaker-of-the-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who won the gavel last month</a>.
McCarthy released a video on Twitter signaling that he will not repeat Pelosi&#8217;s &#8220;theatrics&#8221; put on display when <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-rips-up-trumps-speech-pompeo-answers-with-classic-image-triggering-leftists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she ripped up a paper copy</a> of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s State of the Union speech in 2020. &#8220;I don’t believe in the theatrics of tearing up speeches,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;I respect the other side. I can disagree on policy, but I want to make sure this country is stronger, economically sound, energy independent, secure, and accountable.&#8221;
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A lot of people have been asking if I&#39;m planning on ripping up President Biden’s speech tonight. Here’s my answer: <a href="https://t.co/WRlAlYgCbs">pic.twitter.com/WRlAlYgCbs</a>
&mdash; Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/status/1622953529223823360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Still, while McCarthy may be going for restraint in the House chamber Tuesday evening, Biden will be speaking as Republicans ramp up all sorts of investigations involving the president, his administration, and his family.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcBTUvVp7M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden&#8217;s speech set for 9 p.m. ET</a> will argue the &#8220;state of the economy is strong&#8221; emerging from a years-long pandemic, and preview Biden&#8217;s budget request next month, according to a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/06/fact-sheet-the-biden-economic-plan-is-working/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House fact sheet</a>. The president is also expected to announce new policies meant to advance his four-part &#8220;Unity Agenda,&#8221; which includes fighting cancer, helping veterans, improving mental health, and stopping opioid use and overdoses.
Among the major stories of the day that may influence Biden&#8217;s remarks are Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine that will soon reach the one-year mark, domestic issues including high inflation and border security, and recent controversies such the one involving a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying across the United States.
Arkansas Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sarah-huckabee-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Huckabee Sanders</a>, who served as Trump&#8217;s White House press secretary, will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-deliver-gop-rebuttal-to-bidens-state-of-the-union-address" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deliver the formal GOP rebuttal</a> to Biden&#8217;s address on Tuesday.
&#8220;What America needs – and what Republicans are offering – is a return to common sense and a commitment to the ideals that made America the land of the free and home of the brave,&#8221; she said upon being picked.
Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) will deliver the Spanish-language GOP response.
The White House released a list of guests who will be sitting with the president&#8217;s wife, first lady Jill Biden, during the State of the Union address. Among them are Ukraine Ambassador Oksana Markarova and Holocaust survivor Ruth Cohen.
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TONIGHT: White House releases the list of guests sitting with <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StateOfTheUnionAddress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StateOfTheUnionAddress</a>. Among them: The ambassador from Ukraine, the parents of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TyreNichols?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TyreNichols</a>, Paul Pelosi, the man who stopped the gunman in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MontereyPark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MontereyPark</a> shooting, a DREAMer, a Holocaust survivor. <a href="https://t.co/88a9sbbFQ5">pic.twitter.com/88a9sbbFQ5</a>
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Also in attendance will be Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-of-attack-on-paul-pelosi-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived a break-in attack</a> at their San Francisco home in late October, as well as RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-calls-on-congress-to-pass-policing-reform-at-tyre-nichols-funeral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a 29-year-old man allegedly beaten to death</a> by police in Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, the guest list includes Brandon Tsay, the man caught on camera <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/monterey-park-biden-call-brandon-tsay/12738880/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disarming the suspected gunman</a> in the deadly Monterey Park, California, shooting.
Biden&#8217;s job approval rating has <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hovered around the low-to-mid 40s</a> since the beginning of the year. While Biden is expected to tout a resilient economy, four in 10 Americans say they are worse off financially since he took office, a recent <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/record-numbers-worse-off-recipe-political-discontent-poll/story?id=96884607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News/Washington Post poll found</a>.
The president has said he intends to run for re-election in 2024, and reports indicate a formal announcement could happen around the time of the State of the Union address. Trump, who has already entered the race with his third campaign for the White House, is expected to respond to Biden&#8217;s speech Tuesday with his own video, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/biden-faces-daunting-sales-challenge-state-union-speech-rcna69470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC News</a>.

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