Reaction to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Inaugural Address varied by party.Republican lawmakers said they’re excited to start working on her agenda.”I thought she did a great job of painting a vision of the state of Arkansas,” Sen. Justin Boyd. “Now it’s time to take that vision and put the details in.”Sanders said education is her top priority.”I’m excited that she’s going to focus on education so that our kids can be trained in reading, writing, arithmetic and science instead of some left-wing agenda,” Rep. Cindy Crawford said. “All the parents that I have talked to are so concerned about the things coming into the schools.”Sanders signed seven executive orders hours after she took office. One bans critical race theory from schools, which she describes as left-wing indoctrination.”That’s going to be real easy to do because CRT is not used in Arkansas public schools,” Grant Tennille, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, said. “Our public school teachers are too busy doing lesson plans, buying their own supplies and taking care of our kids to worry about indoctrinating anybody.”Tennille said that although some of her ideas are wrong, Sanders should be congratulated.”I think it’s a day where every Arkansan has a right to be proud because we have passed an incrediby important milestone, we have inaugurated our first woman governor and we’re not even the last state in the country to do so,” Tennille said.
Reaction to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Inaugural Address varied by party.
Republican lawmakers said they’re excited to start working on her agenda.
“I thought she did a great job of painting a vision of the state of Arkansas,” Sen. Justin Boyd. “Now it’s time to take that vision and put the details in.”
Sanders said education is her top priority.
“I’m excited that she’s going to focus on education so that our kids can be trained in reading, writing, arithmetic and science instead of some left-wing agenda,” Rep. Cindy Crawford said. “All the parents that I have talked to are so concerned about the things coming into the schools.”
Sanders signed seven executive orders hours after she took office. One bans critical race theory from schools, which she describes as left-wing indoctrination.
“That’s going to be real easy to do because CRT is not used in Arkansas public schools,” Grant Tennille, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, said. “Our public school teachers are too busy doing lesson plans, buying their own supplies and taking care of our kids to worry about indoctrinating anybody.”
Tennille said that although some of her ideas are wrong, Sanders should be congratulated.
“I think it’s a day where every Arkansan has a right to be proud because we have passed an incrediby important milestone, we have inaugurated our first woman governor and we’re not even the last state in the country to do so,” Tennille said.
