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Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Civil Rights

 

 


Vetoed salary for DEI position that was vacant

Sanders issued a surprise veto targeting a single item in the budget of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock--the $191,605 salary of the director of the school's Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. "Arkansas will not waste nearly $200,000 in taxpayer dollars on DEI administrators who promote woke nonsense," Sanders said. But a spokesperson for UA--Little Rock confirmed that there is no director of the Anderson Institute. "The position is vacant, and we had no plans to fill it."
Source: Arkansas Times on 2026 Arkansas Gubernatorial race , Apr 16, 2025

Ending affirmative action judges people by their character

After the historic Supreme Court decision rolling back the use of affirmative action in college admissions, Arkansas politicians and lawmakers gave their reactions. The court's 6-3 decision along ideological lines struck down affirmative action in college admissions.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders also gave her support to the decision, invoking Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

"As Martin Luther King Jr said, people should be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin. The Supreme Court affirmed that fundamental truth in today's decision. The greatness of America is that it doesn't matter where you start--you get to decide where you finish," Sanders stated.

Former two-term Arkansas governor and candidate for Republican presidential nomination Asa Hutchinson had his reaction in support of the decision up not long after the morning announcement of the decision.

Source: KARK News on 2022 Arkansas Governor race , Jun 29, 2023

Proud of AR's role in desegregating schools 40 years ago

Down the street from where I sit is my alma mater, Little Rock Central High. As a student there, I will never forget watching my dad, Governor Mike Huckabee, and President Bill Clinton hold the doors open to the Little Rock Nine, doors that forty years earlier had been closed to them because they were black. Today, those children once barred from the schoolhouse are now heroes memorialized in bronze at our statehouse. I'm proud of the progress our country has made.  
Source: GOP response to 2023 State of the Union speech , Feb 7, 2023

It's a lie that America is a racist and evil country

[On teaching CRT]: "Our public schools should never indoctrinate our kids with the lie that America is a racist and evil country. Critical Race Theory pushes a radical left agenda that will further tear us apart, not bring us together."
Source: Arkansas Times on 2022 Arkansas Gubernatorial race , Aug 18, 2021

Supports prohibition of transgender treatment for minors

Lawmakers prohibited hormone treatments, puberty blockers and transition-related surgeries for transgender minors. Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed the bill only to see it overridden by Republican supermajorities. In a text message, Sanders voiced support for the bill he vetoed. "I believe in limited government, but there is a role for us to protect those who can't protect themselves, especially children, which is why this law is important and I support it," she wrote.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 2022 Arkansas Governor race , Apr 9, 2021

Other governors on Civil Rights: Sarah Huckabee Sanders on other issues:
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Anthony Bland
Chris Jones
Fredrick Love
Leslie Rutledge
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Ethan Dunbar
Hallie Shoffner
Jake Bequette
John Boozman
Natalie James
Tom Cotton

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