(Headline USA) A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s decision to portray an unemployed moocher as a young, white, cheeseball-chomping gamer named Brad upset some conservative commentators last week.
Conservatives slammed Sanders for essentially attacking her own constituents.
“Republicans don’t have the balls to do this ad with ‘Shaniqua’ as the villain,” posted Matt Walsh, a conservative writer. “Even though that would actually be an accurate portrayal of the problem at hand.”
You pay taxes to cover welfare for people who just choose not to work. That’s why I launched a welfare-to-work requirement.
If you’re young, healthy, and get government assistance, you should work, go to school, or volunteer. pic.twitter.com/M83nxNMdry
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) September 28, 2026
Sean Davis, co-founder of the Federalist website, wrote that “our government has systematically discriminated against white men for decades now, and yet now has the audacity to dishonestly mock young white men as welfare queens.”
Sanders, who is running for reelection this year, “stands by the ad,” said Jordan Powell, her campaign manager.
“We should never confiscate money from hard-working Arkansans to give it away to those who simply choose not to work at all,” Powell reportedly said.
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press
