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Arkansas' Sanders, Cotton promote Trump's candidacy in RNC speeches • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton praised former President Donald Trump’s leadership and compassion in short speeches Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.
Cotton’s remarks in Milwaukee focused on immigration. He criticized President Joe Biden’s immigration policies and said Trump’s policies during his term in office made the United States more secure.
“Our choice is a border secure for everyone or Biden’s open border,” he told the crowd in the FiServ Forum.
Cotton was one of several speakers Tuesday who contrasted Trump’s border and foreign policies with that of the Biden administration.
“Donald Trump will secure our border once again,” Cotton said. “Donald Trump will protect America once again.”
Sanders, who was Trump’s press secretary from 2017 to 2019, spoke about how she was vilified by some in the media and denied service at a restaurant, saying that Trump defended her and told her, “They attack you because you’re good at your job.”
“That’s the Donald Trump I know and will always respect,” she said.
“The left doesn’t care about empowering women,” Sanders said, repeating a statement she’s made before that they “can’t even tell you what a woman is.”
“President Trump believes in empowering every American, and that our country is worth fighting for,” she said.
Under Trump, she said, “America was safer. The world was safer. It felt like the next generation would have a chance at the American Dream. President Trump did the job that Kamala won’t and Joe Biden simply can’t. Every American knows we were better off under President Trump…”
Sanders, elected governor in 2022 at age 40, took a swipe at Biden’s age when she recalled taking her 4-year-old son Huck to “Bring Your Kid to Work Day” at the White House “— much like Jill now drags Joe to Bring Your Husband to Work Day.”
Sanders, whose father Mike Huckabee is a Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor, ended her remarks with religious tones that echoed other speakers.
“We are not called to stand still in the face of great danger. You and I were put on this earth, at this moment in time, to charge boldly ahead. We can’t know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future in His hands.”
Referring to Saturday’s assassination attempt on Trump, she said God spared him “because God isn’t finished with him yet.
“He isn’t finished with America yet either. With God as our Guide, and President Trump back in the White House, we will show the world that America is the place where freedom reigns and liberty will never die.”
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Purdue football adds another linebacker from Arkansas
Purdue football coach Barry Odom makes first public appearance
Purdue football coach Barry Odom addresses questions from media in first public appearance in West Lafayette
WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football continues to stockpile Arkansas linebackers.
After snagging Razorback Alex Sanford out of the transfer portal, the Boilermakers picked up a commitment from Carson Dean.
Dean was a redshirt freshman for Arkansas this season and played in two games.
Dean, from Frisco, Texas, was a three star prospect by 247Sports out of Hebron High who had 17 offers, including Purdue.
In high school, Dean was an all-district outside linebacker after compiling 85 tackles, including 21 for loss as a senior in 2022.
At the time of his commitment, Barry Odom was Arkansas’ defensive coordinator and Mike Scherer, recently hired as Purdue’s defensive coordinator, was the Arkansas linebackers coach.
Scherer recruited Dean to Arkansas.
Odom’s staff, in need of linebackers after Kydran Jenkins graduated and Yanni Karlaftis transferred to Northwestern.
Sam King covers sports for the Journal & Courier. Email him at sking@jconline.com and follow him on X and Instagram @samueltking.
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Purdue lands pledge from Arkansas LB transfer Alex Sanford
Purdue is starting to pick up steam on the transfer portal market as former Arkansas linebacker Alex Sanford announced his commitment to the Boilermakers following an official visit to West Lafayette this weekend.
Sanford becomes Purdue’s second transfer portal pickup of the cycle and second from Arkansas, following quarterback Malachi Singleton, who announced his commitment to the Boilermakers earlier this week.
The redshirt freshman linebacker had committed to Arkansas to play for Barry Odom and Mike Scherer when the two were coaching in Fayetteville. Two years later he now follows the Boilermakers’ new head coach and defensive coordinator to West Lafayette at a position of need.
Purdue had a thin linebacker corps this season, which saw Kydran Jenkins and Yanni Karlaftis depart this off-season. Sanford now joins Hudson Miller, Winston Berglund and Owen Davis as players with experience at the linebacker position for the Boilermakers heading into 2025.
Sanford has had a minimal role on defense during his career, playing just nine snaps, but he has carved out a consistent role on special teams. Sanford had the third most special teams snaps of any Razorback in 2024, and 328 across his two seasons, serving on the kick return, kick coverage, punt return and punt coverage units, holding a 65.2 Pro Football Focus grade in that regard.
Sanford will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Boilermakers.
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