{"id":568063,"date":"2021-06-18T15:06:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568063"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:06:49","slug":"fact-check-did-sarah-huckabee-sanders-say-if-america-is-invaded-democrats-will-join-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-sarah-huckabee-sanders-say-if-america-is-invaded-democrats-will-join-the-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Sarah Huckabee Sanders Say If America Is Invaded, \u2018Democrats Will Join The Enemy\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-sarah-huckabee-sanders-say-if-america-is-invaded-democrats-will-join-the-enemy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-932499112-scaled-e1623974971185.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thomas.mader.965\/posts\/10222284580496554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Democrats would \u201cjoin the enemy\u201d in the event of an invasion of America.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Sanders saying this quote. The quote appears to have been shared by a Twitter account unaffiliated with Sanders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sanders is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee\/status\/1353674788099780609\">currently running<\/a> as a Republican candidate for governor in Arkansas, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ex-trump-press-secretary-run-arkansas-governor-n1255490\">NBC News<\/a>. Now, social media users are claiming she said, \u201cOn (<em>sic<\/em>) thing the pandemic has taught is that if America is every (<em>sic<\/em>) attacked by actual invaders, the Democrats will join the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no record, however, of Sanders saying the statement attributed to her in the Facebook post. Check Your Fact searched Sanders\u2019 verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22Democrats%20will%20join%20the%20enemy%22%20(from%3ASarahHuckabee)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044244468254\/search\/?q=Democrats%20will%20join%20the%20enemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> accounts, but found no instances of the statement. A search of Sanders\u2019 campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahforgovernor.com\/\">website<\/a> likewise turned up no results for the quote.<\/p>\n<p>A review of Sanders\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-announces-candidacy-for-governor-of-arkansas-transcript\">announcement<\/a> of her candidacy for governor in January shows she didn\u2019t make the comment then, either. Had Sanders made the statement, media outlets likely would have reported on it, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Sarah+Huckabee+Sanders+%22Democrats+will+join+the+enemy%22&#038;ei=EtTLYJS_AfPq9APknoXYDg&#038;oq=Sarah+Huckabee+Sanders+%22Democrats+will+join+the+enemy%22&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwIyBQghEKsCOgcIABCxAxBDOgQIABAKOgIIADoHCAAQsQMQDToECAAQDToECAAQQzoGCAAQFhAeOgUIABCGAzoHCAAQRhD7AToHCCEQChCgAToICCEQFhAdEB5KBQg4EgExUP0EWP9qYP9saANwAHgBgAGQA4gBpiOSAQkzNC4xMS40LTGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6wAEB&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiUkMDl4p_xAhVzNX0KHWRPAesQ4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">none<\/a> have. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/12\/fact-check-indian-politicians-face-masks-coronavirus-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show Indian Politicians Not Wearing Masks During The COVID-19 Pandemic?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The quote may stem from a tweet sent by the now-suspended Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hucklebee_sarah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@hucklebee_sarah<\/a>, which appears to be unaffiliated with Sanders. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/catjaxon\/posts\/4285487741471496\">Screen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allen.bagby\/posts\/10223268762980094\">grabs<\/a> of the tweet have been shared on Facebook and show it contained a nearly identical quote to the one being attributed to Sanders. A November 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/KnHL5#selection-1241.0-1241.26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived screen grab<\/a> of the Twitter account shows the bio section included the Disclaimer: \u201cI\u2019m not who you think I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation about Sanders has stemmed from the @hucklebee_sarah Twitter account. In June 2020, Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/06\/19\/fact-check-sarah-huckabee-sanders-tweet-odd-antifa-coronavirus-impeachment\/\">debunked<\/a> the baseless claim that Sanders tweeted, \u201cIt\u2019s \u2018odd\u2019 that the ANTIFA insurgency happened just as COVID-19 loses steam.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Democrats would \u201cjoin the enemy\u201d in the event of an invasion of America.Verdict: False There &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280710,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-932499112-scaled-e1623974971185.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Sarah Huckabee Sanders Say If America Is Invaded, \u2018Democrats Will Join The Enemy\u2019?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-932499112-scaled-e1623974971185.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Sarah Huckabee Sanders Say If America Is Invaded, \u2018Democrats Will Join The Enemy\u2019?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}