Huckabee Sanders, who describes herself as a conservative reformer,
will speak from the state capital Little Rock after Biden's remarks
on Tuesday before a joint session of Congress.
It will be Biden's first State of the Union since Republicans won
control of the House of Representatives in November's election.
Both addresses could serve as a primer for the 2024 presidential
campaign season as Democrats and Republicans seek to shape public
perceptions in front of a large television audience. The federal
debt limit, social spending, the war in Ukraine and policing in
minority communities are among the biggest topics driving political
discourse.
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican leader Mitch
McConnell, in a joint announcement, heralded Sanders as a rising
figure in the party.
"Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the youngest governor in the
nation and a powerful advocate for the popular, commonsense
conservative principles that will put our country back on a better
course," McConnell said in the statement.
Huckabee Sanders, 40, served as then-President Trump's second press
secretary from mid-2017 to mid-2019. She is the daughter of former
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, also a Republican.
Elected last year, in January, she became the first woman to lead
the state of Arkansas.
(Reporting by Tyler Clifford in New York; Editing by Tim Ahmann and
Frances Kerry)
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