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Supporter Starts ‘Draft Sarah Huckabee Sanders For Arkansas’ PAC

A supporter is announcing the creation of the “Draft Sarah Huckabee Sanders For Arkansas” PAC to show her support should she decide to run for office.
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Supporter Starts ‘Draft Sarah Huckabee Sanders For Arkansas’ PAC


Jarrad Shelton, a self-proclaimed “lifelong conservative,” is announcing the creation of the “Draft Sarah Huckabee Sanders For Arkansas” PAC to show her the support she would have, should she decide to run for office.

“I am so proud of the job Sarah did in the White House,” he wrote in an email obtained by Politico. “She is a hero my daughters can look up to and is a fantastic representative of the great state of Arkansas. She possesses the strength, dignity, and grace under pressure that is missing from so many leaders today; I want to work to show Sarah that Arkansas and America love her, respect her and want her to continue being involved as a leader in this country.”

As soon as Sanders left the White House, cushioned by exuberant praise from President Donald Trump, rumors started flying about the possibility that she’d run for governor of Arkansas like her father.

Last week, Fox News announced that she’d join the network as a commentator.
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Trump Wants Wall Built By Election Day, Encourages Officials To Break Law If Needed

Trump is so eager to deliver on his 2016 campaign promise of a border wall that he’s told officials he will pardon them if they have to break the law in order to get it constructed by election day
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Trump Wants Wall Built By Election Day, Encourages Officials To Break Law If Needed

President Trump is so eager to deliver on his 2016 campaign promise of a border wall that he’s told officials he will pardon them if they have to break the law in order to get it constructed by Election Day, The Washington Post reported.

Trump has promised supporters his administration would construct at least 500 miles of border wall fencing before the 2020 election, but so far the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has only fixed about 60 miles worth of barriers that were already there to begin with.

According to people involved in discussions who spoke to the Post, Trump has been aggressively pushing for completion of the 500 miles before November 2020 and has regularly held meetings at the White House to discuss the progress. During meetings, Trump has told aides not to worry about breaking the law in order to finalize contracts or using eminent domain to seize property for the structure.

“Take the land,” he’s reportedly told officials, promising to pardon anyone who has to skirt the law in order to speed things up. A White House official told the Post that Trump was joking about the pardons.

Trump has also harped on the color and appearance of the barriers being built during meetings — he wants them painted black with pointy spikes on top — and bragged in one meeting about how loud people cheer for the wall at his rallies.

NBC News reported Tuesday that the Trump administration plans to divert at least $155 million from the FEMA disaster relief fund to help pay for the wall. Trump’s also using a large chunk of the Pentagon’s budget to complete the project, after Congress refused to give him $5 billion for wall construction.
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