Former White House press secretary and current Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will endorse her former boss, Donald Trump, at his rally in Hialeah, Fla., Wednesday night, her office told The Post Tuesday.
Sanders, 41, famously served as Trump’s chief spokesman from July 2017 to July 2019 before winning the Arkansas governorship in 2022.
“It is not a question between right and left anymore. It’s normal versus crazy, and President Biden and the left are doubling down on the crazy,” Sanders said in a statement.
“The time has come to return to the normal policies of the Trump era that create a safer, stronger and more prosperous America, and that is why I am proud to support Donald Trump for President.”
Trump’s Hialeah rally will serve as counterprogramming to the third Republican primary debate in downtown Miami, about 10 miles away.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is ready to support her former boss Donald Trump at a rally Wednesday. Getty Images Sanders’ endorsement comes nearly a year into Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.AP
The 77-year-old former president has skipped all three debates, citing his broad position in the GOP primary.
Sanders has kept his powder dry on the endorsement for nearly a year after Trump launched his 2024 campaign on November 15, 2022, a week after his victory in the Arkansas election.
His longstanding neutrality has irritated Trump, who values loyalty among his current and former lieutenants, according to several reports.
In September, Sanders repeatedly refused to endorse the 45th president during an appearance on Fox News, saying that his “focus is on being governor of Arkansas.”
Kim Reynolds argues that the stakes are too high for her to sit out the 2024 election cycle. AP
His endorsement comes on the heels of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ high-profile endorsement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday.
An endorsement from a sitting Iowa governor before the state’s Republican caucus last happened in 1996, when Gov. Terry Branstad supported Bob Dole, although Branstad also asked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was defeated in 2016.
Trump’s team dismissed Reynolds’ endorsement, emphasizing his polling dominance in the Hawkeye State.
The former president praised Sanders for finally endorsing him.
“We’ve had great success at the White House and it’s an honor to have Sarah’s support. I can’t wait to bring him to the big rally in Hialeah this Wednesday,” Trump said in a statement.
Donald Trump is outpacing his peers in terms of support from members of Congress and sitting governors.Getty Images
Sanders’ predecessor as governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, also competed for the party’s nod, but failed to make it to the second and third debates.
Sanders is also the daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2008 and 2016.
Trump currently has the endorsements of six sitting governors, the most of any candidate in the Republican race.
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