Jury finds Barnett guilty of eight insurrection charges

[u/CCMcC]

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/jury-finds-barnett-guilty-of-eight-insurrection-charges/

[u/powersurge]

Are you sure? The general Arkansas population just chose Sarah Huckabee Sanders to be their governor. If they were tired of their s-_t, the general Arkansas population could have done something about it at the ballot box. The general Arkansas population did what they always do at the ballot box 2022, their first vote after the insurrection.

Nah, Arkansas' reputation remains well deserved and Bigo might be as a good of a mascot as the new governor.

[u/Tanthiel → u/powersurge]

Her dad was a fairly popular governor who governed a lot more to the left than he wants you to realize in 2023.

On the local level, voting districts are absolutely drawn in benefit of the Republican candidates and the Arkansas Democratic Party is in total disarray, it's the equivalent of the California GOP. They let state races go that an alternative candidate could have easily have won - Alan Clark in AR-7 for example. Arkansas Democrats are basically on their own and just don't have the pockets to pony up to Republicans with donations and reelection chests. There's clearly dissatisfaction, a Libertarian with no advertising put up over 30% on Tom Cotton after his opponent was blackmailed out of the race. Even worse, the Democratic candidate in AR-4 this election cycle was an open QAnon believer, leaving Congressional voters little to do than vote for Westerman. Don't blame the people, blame the pitiful excuse for a statewide party that offers candidates zero support.

[u/powersurge → u/Tanthiel]

I empathize with the plight of Democrats in Arkansas but the OP was making claims about the general Arkansas population.

And Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ dad is an even worse defense of why after the insurrection the Arkansas voters followed the Huckabees at the next ballot box.

Only Arkansas voters have any power in this situation and they need to vote and come out more.