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Asa Hutchinson formally announces 2024 presidential campaign in Arkansas

Asa Hutchinson formally announces 2024 presidential campaign in Arkansas
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING SUSAN AND ME ON THIS SPECIAL DAY. THIS IS A DAY IN WHICH OUR NATION바카라 게임 웹사이트S FUTURE AND MY PERSONAL STORY COMES TOGETHER. SUSAN HAS BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME. EACH STEP OF THE WAY. AND ARKANSAS HAS NEVER HAD A BETTER FIRST LADY. BENTONVILLE BILL IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE STORY, BUT SO IS GRAVETTE, WHERE I GREW UP ON A FARM AND LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY, FAITH AND COMMUNITY. I ALSO LEARNED HARD WORK FROM MY DAD BY CLEANING OUT CHICKEN HOUSES AND BUILDING FENCES AND MY LIFE STORY ALSO INCLUDES SPRINGDALE, WHERE I WAS INSPIRED BY TEACHERS WHO PUSH ME TO LEARN. AND IT WAS IN SPRINGDALE THAT MY POLITICAL AWARENESS BEGAN WITH THE NATION바카라 게임 웹사이트S DIVIDE OVER THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. BUT LET바카라 게임 웹사이트S COME BACK TO BENTONVILLE. I WAS BORN IN THE OLD BENTONVILLE HOSPITAL. MY FIRST LAW OFFICE WAS ACROSS FROM THE SQUARE FROM WHERE WE STAND TODAY. I TRIED JURY TRIALS IN THIS COURTHOUSE BEHIND US. I BUILT BENTONVILLE, THE FIRST FM RADIO STATION. >> I SERVED AS BENTONVILLE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS WHERE SUSAN AND I STARTED OUR FAMILY AND SPENT SOME OF OUR HAPPIEST YEARS LIVING ON 15 ACRES OF ROCKS AND HILLS WEST OF TOWN IN A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. IT WAS HERE ON THESE STEPS OVER 30 YEARS AGO THAT I ANNOUNCED MY RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> AT THAT TIME, ARKANSAS WAS A BLUE STATE, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS PRETTY MUCH NON EXISTENT. I STEPPED UP TO TAKE ON RUNAWAY FEDERAL SPENDING TO FIGHT FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, TO SUPPORT THE LIFE OF UNBORN CHILDREN AND TO UNLEASH THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY. >> IN OTHER WORDS, I RAN AS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN WHEN BEING A REPUBLICAN, IT WAS LIKE HAVING A CAREER ENDING HANDICAP. >> AND IN FACT, LAWYERS TOLD ME THAT I CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OVER TIME, GUESS WHAT? WE WON. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. AND SINCE THEN I바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN A CONSIST CONSERVATIVE THROUGH MY TIME AS LEADER OF THE PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND AS GOVERNOR. AND NOW I BRING THAT SAME VIGOR TO A FIGHT IN ANOTHER BATTLE. AND THAT BATTLE IS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE SOUL OF OUR PARTY. TODAY, I AM ANNOUNCING THAT I AM A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THIS CAMPAIGN. IN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT, I STAND ALONE IN TERMS OF MY EXPERIENCE, MY RECORD AND LEADERSHIP FROM CONGRESS TO THE DEA TO HOMELAND, SECURE. AND I HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF CRISIS AS GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, WE CUT TAXES AND CREATED RECORD SURPLUSES. WE INCREASED PAY FOR TEACHERS. WE REDUCED REGULATIONS. WE RECRUITED INDUSTRY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR GREW BY OVER 100,000 JOBS. MY METTLE HAS BEEN TESTED. IT WAS TESTED WHEN I PUT ON A FLAK JACKET AND ASSISTED THE FBI HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM IN NEGOTIATING THE SURRENDER OF AN ARMED TERRORIST GROUP. MY MEDAL WAS TESTED AFTER THE 911 ATTACK WHEN I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM ANOTHER ACT OF TERRORISM ON U.S. SOIL. AND MY MEDAL WAS TESTED, GOVERNOR, WHEN I DEMONSTRATE HOW WE CAN LEAD THROUGH A PANDEMIC WITHOUT CLOSING DOWN EVERY BUSINESS AND SHUTTING DOWN OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN I HAD PRESSURE FROM WASHINGTON AND THE NATIONAL MEDIA TO SHELTER IN PLACE, I SAID NO. AND THE RESULT WAS THAT OUR BUSINESS HAS SURVIVED AND PROSPERED AND WE HAD MORE DAYS OF IN-CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN OUR SCHOOLS DURING THE PANDEMIC THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER STATE. AND YES, THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S RIGHT. WE BEAT FLORIDA AND TEXAS. THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT COURAGE. IT IS ABOUT MAKING THE TOUGH DECISIONS TO REBUILD OUR ECONOMY, TO GIVE PEACE A CHANCE THROUGH AMERICA바카라 게임 웹사이트S STRENGTH AND TO RENEW THE AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY AND THE RULE OF LAW. AND WE바카라 게임 웹사이트VE GOT OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. LET ME OFFER SOME SOLUTIONS TODAY. FIRST, WE NEED TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NATION HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON THE AMERICAN WORKER TO TURN OUR ECONOMY AROUND. WE HAVE TO STOP THE BREAK. THE BANK FEDERAL SPENDING THAT HAS LED TO HIGH INFLATION AND RISING INTEREST RATES. EVERY HARDWARE WORKING AMERICAN FAMILY GETS A DOUBLE HIT FROM THE BIDEN ECONOMY. THEIR PAYCHECK DOESN바카라 게임 웹사이트T GO AS FAR AND THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE PAYING MORE ON CAR LOANS AND CREDIT CARDS. THAT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH INTEREST RATES, IT HURTS THEM IN BUYING GROCERIES AT THE STORE. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I HAVE BEEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OUR STATE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THAT MEANS I KNOW HOW TO BALANCE A BUDGET. I DID IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND WHILE I WAS IN CONGRESS, WE BALANCED THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND IT IS HIGH TIME WE DID IT AGAIN. AND THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE MUST DO TOGETHER TO BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA. WE MUST SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. WE NEED A PRO-GROWTH ENERGY POLICY THAT IS NOT FOCUSED ON LIMIT, BUT ON PRODUCTION. WE. WE SHOULD NOT LIMIT AMERICA CAN GROWTH, BUT RATHER WE SHOULD UNLEASH OUR ENERGY PRODUCERS. AND IF AMERICA IS TO BE THE BEST, THAT WE CANNOT YIELD TO CHINA IN TERMS OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. OR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTED THIS DISASTER, FORREST WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. WE LEFT OUR FRIENDS, ABANDONED AND OUR ALLIES CONFUSED. AMERICA LOOKED WEAK AND THAT WEAKNESS WAS SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RUSSIA TO INVADE UKRAINE AND THEN FOR CHINA TO THREATEN AND BE AGGRESSIVE TOWARD TAIWAN. LET ME ASSURE YOU, AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA. WE WILL STAND WITH OUR ALLIES AND WE WILL STAND WITH OUR FRIENDS. THERE ARE SOME WHO WANT THE UNITED STATES TO DISENGAGE FROM THE WORLD AND TO ISOLATE OURSELVES. ISOLATIONISM ONLY LEADS TO WEAKNESS, AND WEAKNESS LEADS TO WAR. AMERICANS WANT PEACE, AND THE BEST WAY TO SECURE AND PRESERVE PEACE IS TO HAVE THE MOST PREPARED MILITARY IN THE WORLD. TODAY바카라 게임 웹사이트S THREAT IS THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. I JOIN 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. AS A NATION, WE HAVE PROVEN RESILIENT IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND WE HAVE ENDURED THROUGH TIMES OF WAR AND HARDSHIP. AND I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL EVEN SURVIVE THROUGH THE DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. BUT THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW. IT IS TIME TO BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA AND. AS A NATION, OUR DEMOCRACY IS RESILIENT, COMES FROM OUR SHARED VALUES, AND IT COMES FROM OUR WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. WE NEED LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY, SEE TO OUR OWN FREEDOMS, AND THAT WITH GOD바카라 게임 웹사이트S BLESSING, WE SET AN EXAMPLE OF LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AMERICA IS A DEMOCRACY, IS A LIGHTHOUSE. WE MUST NOT LET THE LIGHT BE --. IF FREEDOMS LIKE GOES OUT IN THE UNITED STATES, THEN OTHER COUNTRIES WILL HAVE THEIR FREEDOM SHIPWRECKED ON ROCKY SHOALS. OUR DEMOCRACY DEMANDS AMERICA바카라 게임 웹사이트S BEST, AND I WILL BRING OUT AMERICA바카라 게임 웹사이트S BEST. WE WILL DO THIS THROUGH LEADERSHIP ECHOES OF GROWTH AND RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS STOOD ON THE SIDELINES AND PASSED HEAVILY, WATCHED AS RAMPANT CRIME DESTROYS OUR CITIES, WAS SMASHING GRAB ROBBERIES AND A FLAGRANT DISRESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE RULE OF LAW. IS WHAT SEPARATES THE UNITED STATES FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD IS OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE. THE RULE OF LAW IS THE FOUNDATION FOR PEACE IN OUR. I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WITH A BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. I WILL ENFORCE THE LAW AND DEMAND THAT LOCAL PROSECUTORS DO THE SAME. >> LAWBREAKERS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, RESTORE RESPECT FOR THE LAW WILL NOT ONLY REDUCE CRIME IN OUR COUNTRY, IT WILL ALSO BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA. >> THESE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR AMERICA. >> THE RULE OF LAW ALSO APPLIES TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. >> I HAVE THREE WORDS THAT WILL WORK TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY FROM THE HUMAN SUFFERING THAT RESULTS FROM AN OPEN BORDER, AND THAT IS ENFORCE THE LAW. I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS BECAUSE PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH TAPPED ME TO HELP LEAD THE HEART OF HOMELAND SECURITY. OUR NATION IS THE LAND OF IMMIGRANTS WHO MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF OUR DEMOCRACY. AND IN ORDER TO RESPECT THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LEGAL PATH TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY, WE MUST REFORM OUR ASYLUM LAWS, DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR BORDER PATROL, QUICKLY REMOVE THOSE WHO COME INTO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, AND GO AFTER THE CARTELS WHO ARE KILLING AMERICANS WITH A DEADLY DRUG. FENTANYL. WHEN FENTANYL IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THOSE 18 TO 49, THEN WE ARE LOSING OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WAY TOO SOON. THERE ARE A FEW MISGUIDED LEADERS WHO SAY WE SHOULD DEFUND LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE SHOULD DEFUND THE FBI. I AM HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HEROES. THE ARGUMENT TO DEFUND POLICE IS DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE OUR RULE OF LAW. WE SHOULD NOT DEFUND THE POLICE. WE SHOULD NOT DEFUND THE FBI. BUT WE DO NEED SERIOUS REFORM TO REFOCUS THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF OUR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH ALL THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, I KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE MUST MAKE THEM MORE FOCUSED, MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND SUCCESSFUL IN PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS. THE FBI NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED DOWN AND FOCUSED ON ITS NUMBER ONE DUTY, LEADING OUR COUNTERTERROR TERRORISM MISSION. AND WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW, WE BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA. AS YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN THE HILLS AND GROWING UP IN THESE HILLS, I LEARNED THE VALUE OF WORK I HOLD. I WORKED IN FOUR DIFFERENT FACTORIES, SACKED GROCERIES, AND THROUGH COLLEGE, I WAS A JANITOR CLEANING CAMPUS BUILDINGS, ALL TO PAY THE BILLS AND TO GET AN EDUCATION IN LAW SCHOOL. I BENEFITED FROM THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. AND YES, I PAID MY LOAN OFF. IN ORDER TO BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA, WE MUST ONCE AGAIN EMBRACE THE DIGNITY OF WORK. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT REWARD THOSE WHO SIT AT HOME WHEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK AND PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES. AS GOVERNOR, I TURNED DOWN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THAT DISCOURAGED A RETURN TO WORK. BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PAID PEOPLE MORE BENEFITS TO STAY HOME THAN THEY COULD MAKE WORKING. THIS IS WRONG AS PRESIDENT, I WILL OPEN DOORS FOR MORE WORKER TRAINING AND BETTER PAY, AND WE WILL REQUIRE WORK FOR ABLE BODIED WELFARE RECIPIENTS. THIS WILL GROW OUR MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE AND WE WILL PROVE THAT WE CAN STILL MAKE THINGS AND MANUFACTURE THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND IMPORTANT SOLUTION TO THIS CHALLENGE IS LIFTING THE PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO STAY IN THE WORKFORCE AFTER THE AGE OF 62. RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU RETIRE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, YOU ARE PENALIZED FOR CONTINUING TO WORK. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BOTH CLAIM SOCIAL SECURITY AND WORK. REMOVE THE PENALTIES AND LET THOSE WHO WANT TO WORK CONTINUE TO DO SO WITHOUT GOVERNMENT PENALTIES. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NEARLY 10 MILLION JOB OPENINGS IN THE US. AND BY MAKING THIS CHANGE, WE WILL ADD MILLIONS TO THE LABOR POOL AND INCREASE THE INCOME OF RETIREES AT THE SAME TIME. YES, THIS WILL HELP BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE WHO DEPEND UPON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, I WILL ASSURE THE STRENGTH AND RELIABILITY OF THOSE PROGRAMS INTO THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW, SOCIAL SECURITY IS FINANCIALLY STABLE. UNDER 2033, MEDICARE IS STABLE AND 2028. AS WE HAVE SUCCESS STABILITY DONE IN THE PAST, I WILL IMMEDIATELY CONVENE AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO ASSURE THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE LONG INTO THE FUTURE. THIS COMMISSION WILL BE MODELED AFTER THE 1983 COMMISSION THAT WAS CHAIRED BY ALAN GREENSPAN. IT LED TO LEGISLATION THAT SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED THE LIFE OF THESE VITAL RETIREMENT PROGRAMS FOR ALL AMERICANS. AMERICANS NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR FUTURE, AND THIS ACTION WILL STABILIZE AND ASSURE THE FUTURE OF SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PROGRAMS. AMERICAN DEPEND UPON. AS GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, AS YOU KNOW, I HAD A PRIORITY AND I EXPANDED ACCESS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION. IT. IT WAS A PRIORITY OF MINE. AND THE RESULT WAS GOING FROM 1100 STUDENTS WHO TOOK COMPUTER SCIENCE TO OVER 23,000 STUDENTS TAKING COMPUTER SCIENCE. WE WENT FROM 20 CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO OVER 650 WHO ARE CERTIFIED TO TEACH COMPUTER SCIENCE IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND. WE MADE IT REQUIRED TO BE OFFERED IN OUR RURAL SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR URBAN SCHOOLS. THE RESULT IS THAT ARKANSAS LED THE NATION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION AND MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE FOLLOW THIS MODEL AS A NATION. IF WE ARE GOING TO COMPETE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA. THE FACT IS THAT US TEST SCORES IN MATH AND SCIENCE ARE FALLING BEHIND OTHER COUNTRIES. THE TOP FIVE MATH SCORING COUNTRIES ARE IN ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES PLACES 11TH AS A NATION IN TERMS OF MATH, EDUCATION, WE MUST DO BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL EXPAND COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION INTO EVERY GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN AMERICA. I WILL FOCUS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION TO PRODUCE MORE ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPETE AND WHEN WE DO, WE CANNOT ONLY COMPETE WITH CHINA. BUT WE WILL BRING OUT THE BEST OF AMERICA. WE CAN ONCE AGAIN DEFINE AMERICA바카라 게임 웹사이트S FUTURE WITH A GENIUS AND CREATIVITY OF OUR PEOPLE. TOO OFTEN, OUR BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES ARE HELD BACK BY A FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL. HEAVY HANDED AND WASTEFUL. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL REDUCE THE FEDERAL CIVILIAN WORKFORCE BY 10% AND YOU CAN BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I WILL DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE DONE IT IN ARKANSAS. I REDUCED THE STATE EXECUTIVE WORKFORCE BY 14% AND THERE IS A LOT MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN WASHINGTON THAN EVEN IN ARKANSAS. WE WILL REDUCE THE BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT. WE WILL LOWER THE FEDERAL DEFICIT, AND WE WILL UNLEASH THE POWER OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. OUR FAMILIES WILL HAVE MORE TO SPEND AND SAVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN바카라 게임 웹사이트S FUTURE. BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR. CURRENT $31 TRILLION NATIONAL DEBT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE WILL BE DEBT FREE. IN 33. WELL, IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER, BUT WE MUST START. I AM FROM, AS YOU KNOW, THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA. AND I AM HONORED TO BE THE SON OF MALCOLM AND CORAL HUTCHINSON, WHO ARE MARRIED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND WHOSE SACRIFICE LIES TO MAKE SURE THEIR SIX CHILDREN HAD A CHANCE TO LIVE THEIR DREAMS AND TO BE ALL THAT GOD REQUIRED OF THEM. THEY TAUGHT ME THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL, AND YET WE ALL STRUGGLE IN LIFE. AND BECAUSE WE STRUGGLE, WE NEED GRACE AND COMPASSION TOWARD OTHERS. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THOSE FARM LAND VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN GUIDE OUR NATION AND BRING US CLOSER TOGETHER. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN EVERY GENERATION FROM THREATS ABROAD TO CIVIL UNREST AT HOME AND YET WHEN WE ARE TESTED, WE GROW STRONGER. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT IN TIMES OF TURMOIL, UNCERTAINTY AND DIVISION, AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BENEFITED FROM LEADERS WHO CHALLENGE US AND GIVE US HOPE. I AM CONFIDENT THAT AMERICA IS READY TO SEEK NEW FRONTIERS AND THAT WE ARE READY TO CHANNEL THE RESTLESS WAVES OF OUR DEMOCRACY INTO MORE FREEDOM AND MORE PROSPERITY FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW AFTER US. I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BEST OF AMERICA IS AHEAD OF US. THERE IS BEHIND ME ON THE COURTHOUSE WALL A STATEMENT THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION. SOVEREIGNTY RESTS WITH THE PEOPLE. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL DECIDE THE DIRECTION OF OUR NATION, THE FATE OF THE WORLD바카라 게임 웹사이트S GREATEST DEMOCRACY IS IN YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU. ARKANSAS. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Asa Hutchinson formally announces 2024 presidential campaign in Arkansas
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his Republican presidential campaign Wednesday, pledging to "bring out the best of America" and aiming to draw contrasts with other GOP hopefuls on top issues, including how best to reform federal law enforcement agencies.Hutchinson kicked off his 2024 bid in his hometown of Bentonville, on the same steps where he launched an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign 30 years ago."I ran as a conservative Republican when being a Republican was like having a career-ending handicap," Hutchinson said, adding, "And now, I bring that same vigor to fight another battle, and that battle is for the future of our country and the soul of our party."The stalwart conservative, who announced in a television interview earlier this month that he intended to run, has been a rare figure among announced or expected GOP presidential hopefuls in his willingness to criticize former President Donald Trump, calling for him to drop out of the 2024 race instead of seeking another term in the White House.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.Without mentioning Trump by name, Hutchinson offered a contrast to the former president's derision of federal law enforcement by emphasizing his own background in law enforcement. He previously served as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and former undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security."There are a few misguided leaders who say we should defund law enforcement, we should defund the FBI. I am here today in support of our law enforcement heroes," Hutchinson said.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."Hutchinson, also a former U.S. attorney and congressman, launched his bid a day after President Joe Biden formally announced his reelection campaign. Hutchinson has argued that neither Biden nor Trump is focused on the future."I am confident we will even survive through the destructive policies of the Biden administration, but the time for change is now," said Hutchinson. "It is time to bring out the best of America."Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur and "Woke, Inc." author Vivek Ramaswamy and radio host Larry Elder are also in the Republican race. They, along with expected and potential candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, have largely avoided criticizing Trump and have at times defended him.While some of the other contenders who served in Trump's administration struggled to carve out distance from Trump, Hutchinson has been able to draw from his lengthy resume in government and roots in America's heartland.His announcement took place in the tree-lined town square of Bentonville, the birthplace of Walmart. The city of nearly 57,000 people in the northwest part of the state is where Hutchinson first served as a city attorney starting in 1977 and where he first ran for office with an unsuccessful bid for local prosecutor.Hutchinson's second term as governor 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.Hutchinson was elected to the U.S. House in 1996, winning election to a seat his older brother, Tim, had held for two terms.Asa Hutchinson was one of the House managers prosecuting the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton starting in 1998. He stayed in the House until 2001, when he resigned to serve in the Bush administration.After the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Hutchinson was selected by the National Rifle Association to lead a task force to study school safety and recommended putting armed guards at every school in the country. He was elected governor in 2014 and while in office 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.He drew criticism from conservatives and Trump in 2021 when he vetoed a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for children. Hutchinson signed other restrictions regarding transgender children but said the ban went too far and should have focused on surgeries. The state's Republican-controlled Legislature overrode his veto, though the ban has been temporarily blocked by a judge.Hutchinson supported many of Trump's policies but began to break with him over his lies about the 2020 presidential election. Hutchinson, who prosecuted white supremacists as a U.S. attorney, has also criticized Trump for dining with white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes and the rapper Ye, who has praised Adolf Hitler and spread antisemitic conspiracy theories.Hutchinson has said his disagreements with the former president go further than that. He criticized Trump for the peace deal he negotiated with the Taliban in 2020 and for high government spending in his administration."He was a big spender," Hutchinson told The Associated Press. "He's one of the reasons that we added to our national debt and our deficit."Hutchinson has also shown a willingness to criticize some of his other rivals, telling the AP that he disagrees with the way DeSantis has sparred with Disney after the company opposed legislation DeSantis signed in Florida barring school instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity."It seems very Trumpian to me as to how he's approached it," Hutchinson said. "I don't think government ought to be punishing the private sector because we don't like what they say."___Price reported from New York. Meg Kinnard contributed to this report from Columbia, S.C.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his Republican presidential campaign Wednesday, pledging to "bring out the best of America" and aiming to draw contrasts with other GOP hopefuls on top issues, including how best to reform federal law enforcement agencies.

Hutchinson kicked off his 2024 bid in his hometown of Bentonville, on the same steps where he launched an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign 30 years ago.

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"I ran as a conservative Republican when being a Republican was like having a career-ending handicap," Hutchinson said, adding, "And now, I bring that same vigor to fight another battle, and that battle is for the future of our country and the soul of our party."

The stalwart conservative, who announced in a television interview earlier this month that he intended to run, has been a rare figure among announced or expected GOP presidential hopefuls in his willingness to criticize former President Donald Trump, calling for him to drop out of the 2024 race instead of seeking another term in the White House.

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.

Without mentioning Trump by name, Hutchinson offered a contrast to the former president's derision of federal law enforcement by emphasizing his own background in law enforcement. He previously served as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and former undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

"There are a few misguided leaders who say we should defund law enforcement, we should defund the FBI. I am here today in support of our law enforcement heroes," Hutchinson said.

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."

Hutchinson, also a former U.S. attorney and congressman, launched his bid a day after President Joe Biden formally announced his reelection campaign. Hutchinson has argued that neither Biden nor Trump is focused on the future.

"I am confident we will even survive through the destructive policies of the Biden administration, but the time for change is now," said Hutchinson. "It is time to bring out the best of America."

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur and "Woke, Inc." author Vivek Ramaswamy and radio host Larry Elder are also in the Republican race. They, along with expected and potential candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, have largely avoided criticizing Trump and have at times defended him.

While some of the other contenders who served in Trump's administration struggled to carve out distance from Trump, Hutchinson has been able to draw from his lengthy resume in government and roots in America's heartland.

His announcement took place in the tree-lined town square of Bentonville, the birthplace of Walmart. The city of nearly 57,000 people in the northwest part of the state is where Hutchinson first served as a city attorney starting in 1977 and where he first ran for office with an unsuccessful bid for local prosecutor.

Hutchinson's second term as governor 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.

Hutchinson was elected to the U.S. House in 1996, winning election to a seat his older brother, Tim, had held for two terms.

Asa Hutchinson was one of the House managers prosecuting the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton starting in 1998. He stayed in the House until 2001, when he resigned to serve in the Bush administration.

After the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Hutchinson was selected by the National Rifle Association to lead a task force to study school safety and recommended putting armed guards at every school in the country.

He was elected governor in 2014 and while in office 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.

He drew criticism from conservatives and Trump in 2021 when he vetoed a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for children. Hutchinson signed other restrictions regarding transgender children but said the ban went too far and should have focused on surgeries. The state's Republican-controlled Legislature overrode his veto, though the ban has been temporarily blocked by a judge.

Hutchinson supported many of Trump's policies but began to break with him over his lies about the 2020 presidential election. Hutchinson, who prosecuted white supremacists as a U.S. attorney, has also criticized Trump for dining with white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes and the rapper Ye, who has praised Adolf Hitler and spread antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Hutchinson has said his disagreements with the former president go further than that. He criticized Trump for the peace deal he negotiated with the Taliban in 2020 and for high government spending in his administration.

"He was a big spender," Hutchinson told The Associated Press. "He's one of the reasons that we added to our national debt and our deficit."

Hutchinson has also shown a willingness to criticize some of his other rivals, telling the AP that he disagrees with the way DeSantis has sparred with Disney after the company opposed legislation DeSantis signed in Florida barring school instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.

"It seems very Trumpian to me as to how he's approached it," Hutchinson said. "I don't think government ought to be punishing the private sector because we don't like what they say."

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Price reported from New York. Meg Kinnard contributed to this report from Columbia, S.C.