On Monday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) attended a Crain Automotive event in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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00:00 Incredibly grateful for you and for your family and for your entire team showing up and helping
00:06 This will go to take care of so many people right here in your own community
00:11 That's what you guys are known for and we're glad that we have the opportunity to share with that today
00:16 There are a couple members of our state legislature that are over there
00:20 If you guys don't mind raising your hands that represent this area who have been out
00:25 Working tirelessly over the course of the last week and we have covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time
00:32 Arkansas got hit by as you know, just absolutely devastating storms just about a week ago and
00:39 Within that first day. We had 18 counties in our state that were impacted about a hundred and twenty five thousand people without power
00:47 And over the course of the last week we have determined that we had ten either storm
00:55 Directly or storm related fatalities here in the state of Arkansas
00:58 hundreds of homes
01:01 Dozens of businesses that have been destroyed it is going to be a long road for Arkansas to recover and it's hard to hear
01:08 Some of those statistics and still have hope and still find the silver lining
01:14 But moments like this and seeing a community really come together
01:18 Wrap its arms around each other and take care of one another is what reminds us
01:22 Why it is so incredible to be in Arkansas to live in a state where people actually care about one another and are willing even
01:29 When their own home or own business or cars have been destroyed to go out and check on their neighbors and make sure that they're okay
01:36 And that is what we have seen every single day over the last week
01:40 I'm proud to say we now have just under 3,000 people in the state without power
01:45 So we've made tremendous progress our linemen have done heroes work our National Guard who have been on the ground for the last
01:52 Several days we have just over 200 members
01:55 who are serving just in this community alone as well as
02:00 hundreds of members of law enforcement and first responders and those people are really doing just incredible work and we're thankful for your
02:08 Willingness to partner with them help fund their efforts
02:12 And work together to help rebuild our state. So thank you so much for what you're doing and not just today what your
02:18 Company and what your business represents here in our state every day. So thank you so much for letting us be here
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