Sarah Huckabee Sanders skewered for ad making white man the face of welfare fraud in Arkansas

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders put out an absurd add on Monday morning and she's been roundly roasted for it. In announcing her welfare-to-work plan, she shared her administration's marketing video showing a white, 20-something man sitting on a couch eating chips, watching TV, and playing video games. This is who she expects us to believe are squandering Arkansans money with welfare benefits when they could be working.

Some across social media pointed this out. The video is not at all representative of the people who consume welfare benefits in the state she governs. In Arkansas, the participation of white households in welfare benefits such as SNAP is 8 percent while that of black Arkansans participate at a rate of 22 percent.

The ad shows a young white man sitting in the dark playing games eating chips and cheese balls while Sanders talks about the waste of welfare. By the end, the man is in a suit heading off to work with the caption "You Win."

Across the US, black Americans comprise about 26 percent of SNAP recipients despite being 12-13 percent of the total population. White people, about 60 percent of the total population, account for 36.5 percent of SNAP recipients.

Human Events' Jack Posobiec asked the question: "What demographic has the highest rates of welfare-program participation in Arkansas? Is it white males?" The answer was a resounding "No."

Sanders' marketing and communications team was likely attempting to avoid a call back to the notion of the "welfare queen," which haunted President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. The real story of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor was that she was committing welfare fraud, using government benefits to create a lavish lifestyle, driving a Cadillac and dressing in fancy clothes.

"So what think tank decided for all you guys to overnight change the black welfare queen talking point to young male gamers lmfao," Shoe0nHead commented.

"Young white men as welfare queens?" Auron MacIntyre asked. "You're a coward and a joke."

"Yes, Sarah I’m sure this is exactly what the typical welfare recipient in Arkansas looks like. Stop portraying white men as the problem, you evil bitch," said BowTiedRanger.

"I believe we’re all aware of who is abusing the welfare system in our country… and it isn’t the young white guy (with no children) who plays video games," wrote comedian Tim Young.

"Great policy. Terrible ad that is so dishonest and insulting that it will entirely overshadow the genuinely great policy," said The Federalist's Sean Davis.

"Antiwhite propaganda," said author Joshua Lisec.

"I BADLY want Republicans to win every race in the country — but 'Brad' here is not the problem and the ad should be re-worked," Eric Daugherty commented.

"Young right-wing Christian American gamers are some of the most patriotic people in society," Christian commentator Kangmin Lee said. "This is tonedeaf and the only reason you did this was because they’re the easiest demographic to put down."

"Fire your campaign consultants," Tom Sauer said decisively.