President Trump listens as Arnetta Bradford of Hope talks about her business. Screenshot: WhiteHouse.gov
Arnetta Bradford of Hope was a guest at President Trump's Black History Month reception last week.
Bradford owns Hebrews 11:1, a local coffee shop, and ran in the 2024 Republican primary for the state House of Representatives in District 88 with the support of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
What she said: "We opened Hebrews 11:1 with no funding, no money, no big family investors, no business loans. Didn't have great credit. It was us and faith in God," she said.
"I ran that business with just myself and one employee. Then here comes 'no tax on tips.' I was able to hire seven more employees … not only that, I was … able to open a second location on our college campus."
What he said: "No one thinks that the no tax on tips matters. Well, it does matter, and it mattered a lot to Arnetta … she was able to grow her business just in a short period of time, and hired more employees, and she's making a fortune," Trump said.
