Conservative Superheroes: Huckabee-Sanders and DeSantis

By Anne Doherty

Sarah Huckabee Sanders in her quotable response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address said, “The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal or crazy."

This youngest governor of Arkansas, at age 40, is also the first millennial governor. Ron DeSantis, at 44, is nearly a millennial, and the two have much in common. Millennials, as a group, value meaningful motivation rather than monetary gains. Millennials are known for their resolve in sharing their opinions and ideas, as well as challenging their superiors when they feel it is warranted. This characteristic comes from the idea that what is best for a group results from active listening, collaboration and considering all points of view.

Because if their strength and collaborative natures, these two show remarkable calm in their common sense attack on Wokism and the Leftist establishment. They show that they are listening to the “normal” majority. Neither is afraid to say the truth about the emperor’s new clothes.

In her speech, Sanders announced that “Upon taking office just a few weeks ago [she] signed Executive Orders to ban CRT, racism, and indoctrination in [AK] schools, eliminate the use of the derogatory term ‘Latinx’ in our government, repealed COVID orders and said ‘never again’ to authoritarian mandates and shutdowns.”

At the end of her first day, Sanders signed a series of executive orders, including an immediate freeze on new government hiring and new government regulations, as well as an order “preventing the political indoctrination of Arkansas’ school children.”

She said, “As long as I am governor, our schools will focus on the skills our children need to get ahead in the modern world, not brainwashing our children with a left-wing political agenda.”

DeSantis, who will be term-limited out of office in 2026, is considered by many in the main stream media to be Trump’s heir apparent. The list of his administration’s achievements on the Florida state website is long, impressive and conservative.

In 2022, Florida not only managed to survive three hurricanes, its labor force grew by 3.4 percent over the year, more than double the national labor force growth rate over the same time period. He backed record funding for students, teacher pay, school safety, and mental health, achieving the highest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) rankings in Florida’s history, becoming the #1 ranked state in education freedom, continuing to secure the title of #1 higher education system in the nation, and implementing multiple groundbreaking laws to uphold and expand parental rights and support veterans.

In particular, Governor DeSantis signed multiple bills which reinforce parents’ rights to make decisions regarding the upbringing of their children and prohibit classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through 3rd grade. House Bill 1467 protects the rights of parents to make decisions about library and instructional materials. House Bill 7 includes provisions to prevent discriminatory instruction in K-20 public schools, ensures Florida’s students are not subject to Critical Race Theory indoctrination, and defines individual freedoms based on the fundamental truth that all individuals are equal before the law and have inalienable rights.

Keeping Florida’s children in school during Covid put Florida students well ahead of their peers, especially with younger and educationally at-risk students who were harmed the most from distance-learning in other states.

In April, the Florida Department of Health issued guidance on the treatment of gender dysphoria for children and adolescents to ensure that Floridians are aware of the long-term, irreversible effects of clinical care promoted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

And there’s more. To develop competent citizenry who can participate in our system of government, Florida is providing civics education to school children and professional adults. The Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act prohibits all abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. Florida is expanding comprehensive cancer care, taking steps to end substance abuse and overdose, and empowering patients. In April, Governor DeSantis signed the No Patient Left Alone Act, to guarantee Florida families the fundamental right to visit their loved ones who are receiving care in hospitals, hospices, and long-term care facilities. No health care facility in Florida may require a vaccine as a condition of visitation.

Busy Florida is shoring up infrastructure, and protecting Floridians from foreign countries, such as China, buying property in sensitive strategic areas.

So, for those in “crazy” blue states, like California, it’s reassuring to know that the borders of Arkansas and Florida are keeping the “crazy” out. And that young leaders are boldly shaping a conservative future.

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