The former Arkansas governor kicked off his presidential bid in his hometown of Bentonville, pledging to “bring out the best of America.”
And while Trump has fixated his campaign message around his false claims about the 2020 election he lost, Hutchinson has said voters need a candidate who is not focused on the past.
He went on to say, “We should not defund the FBI, but we do need serious reform to refocus the core functions of our federal law enforcement.” He said the FBI needs to be “trimmed down and focused on its No. 1 duty: leading our counterterrorism mission.” On Wednesday, Hutchinson also offered a contrast to the isolationist approach some other Republicans have taken about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying he agreed “with those who say we do not want an unending war in Ukraine, and the best way to avoid a long war is to help Ukraine win today.”
Hutchinson’s second gubernatorial term ended in January, but he’s been a defining figure of Arkansas politics for more than four decades. His successor is Trump’s former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Elected governor in 2014, Hutchinson signed a series of income tax cuts and restrictions on abortion, including an outright ban on the procedure that became effective when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Hutchinson later said he wished that the measure had included exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, but didn’t push for lawmakers to add those exemptions after the court ruling.
Randy Zook, the head of the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce, attended Wednesday’s launch and said Hutchinson found a way to “thread the needle” as governor even as the state moved further to the right. Zook cited as an example Hutchinson’s decision to support keeping the state’s Medicaid expansion, but with changes such as a work requirement that was blocked by a federal judge.
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Asa Hutchinson to formally launch 2024 campaign in ArkansasAsa Hutchinson will formally launch his Republican campaign for president Wednesday with a kickoff in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas
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Asa Hutchinson to formally launch 2024 campaign in ArkansasAsa Hutchinson, the former two-term Republican governor of Arkansas, will formally launch his campaign for president Wednesday with a kickoff in his hometown of Bentonville.
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