# Right-Wingers Criticize Welfare Ad

> Sarah Huckabee Sanders' welfare ad targets white men, sparking right-wing backlash.
- Title: Right-Wingers Criticize Welfare Ad · Rolling Stone | Shortify
- Summary: Sarah Huckabee Sanders' welfare ad targets white men, sparking right-wing backlash. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' welfare ad featuring a white male gamer named…
- Keywords: sarah huckabee, welfare, arizona, republican, welfare-to-work, white men, gamer, vr headset, brad, federalist, raw egg nationalist, matt walsh
- Source: Rolling Stone — https://rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/right-wingers-sarah-sanders-welfare-fraud-ad-1235633178
- Author: Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Published: 2026-09-28T19:04:40+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: sarah huckabee, welfare, arizona, republican, welfare-to-work, white men, gamer, vr headset, brad, federalist, raw egg nationalist, matt walsh
## Welfare Queen Trope
The welfare queen trope depicts a minority person as an indolent fraudster leeching off government assistance.
## Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ad
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a welfare-to-work ad featuring a white male gamer named Brad.
## Right-Wing Backlash
Right-wing figures criticized the ad for depicting a white man instead of a Black person as the welfare recipient.
## Specific Criticisms
The Federalist editor Sean Davis called the ad dishonest for mocking young white men as welfare queens.
## Further Criticisms
Matt Walsh and others argued the ad's depiction of white men as welfare recipients is inaccurate and politically motivated.
## Political Context
Non-hispanic whites make up over a third of welfare recipients, but most government assistance recipients work or are caretakers.
## Key takeaway

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' welfare ad featuring a white male gamer named Brad drew criticism from right-wing figures for misrepresenting welfare recipients.