April 02 2023
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Sunday announced that he will be running for the Republican nomination for president in a pre-taped segment for ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.”
As the only Republican defending Alvin Bragg’s politically motivated persecution of President Trump and calling on him to drop out of the race, the former Clinton staffer’s show is a fitting venue to announce -- Hutchinson's only fans are in the liberal media.
Here is what conservatives should know about former Governor Asa Hutchinson:
- Former Gov. Hutchinson signed legislation supporting illegal immigrants. Hutchinson signed legislation to give in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants in Arkansas.
- Hutchinson vetoed legislation that would have prohibited doctors from prescribing puberty-blockers to minors. Tucker Carlson told Hutchinson in an interview, "you’ve come out publicly as pro-choice on the question of chemical castration of children."
- Hutchinson raised taxes on motorists in Arkansas in 2019 with an additional 3 cent levy per gallon of gas and an additional 6 cent levy per gallon of diesel.
- Hutchinson vetoed a bill that would have invalidated federal gun control restrictions after the bill overwhelmingly passed the Arkansas House and Senate.