Gov. Sanders on Iran, Tucker Carlson and GOP
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Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to weigh in on the midterm elections and President Trump's approach to Iran.
The big picture: Sanders frequently appears on Fox News shows ("Jesse Watters Primetime", "Fox & Friends") and in March was the first guest on a new Politico show, "On the Road With Jonathan Martin."
On Iran: "I think one of the big pieces that's being left out of the conversation and that people are seemingly forgetting is that Iran has been the number one sponsor of terrorism for decades, and they have killed Americans," Sanders said.
- "Everybody wants to say that this is a war that Trump started. I think it's a war that he's ending. It's been going on for nearly five decades, and we finally have a president that is standing up and fighting back."
Reality check: The U.S. and Israel started major combat operations with Iran on Feb. 28, bombing key targets and killing the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
On the 2026 midterms: "We're looking daily at ways we can continue to help lift people up, not push people down," she said of Arkansas' income tax cuts made during her administration.
- The Republicans "certainly have their uphill battle, but I think if we talk about the things that matter, continue to show what we're doing to actually help families, then we have a great story to tell, and I think that we can flip the narrative and do much better in the midterms than is historically expected."
On Tucker Carlson: "Squawk Box's" Andrew Ross Sorkin asked Sanders about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, who recently said he is "tormented" by his past support of Trump.
- "I certainly can't speak for Tucker … but the things that he is saying, the type of misinformation that he is putting out on a daily basis, are not only wrong, but frankly, they're dangerous, and I hope that he'll have another ... shift at some point and start talking with real facts and stop misleading people around the country," Sanders said.