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Hutchinson to officially announce presidential candidacy
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Will Arkansas have another former governor as a president of the United States? Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be making his formal announcement for his candidacy April 26 on the Square in Downtown Bentonville at the Bentonville Courthouse. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the event begins at 10:30. Tickets for the event can be found at https://www.asa2024. com/bentonville/. Those wishing to attend must RSVP. “I am going to be running. And the reason, as I’ve traveled the country for six months, I hear people talk about the leadership of our country, and I’m convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America, and not simply appeal to our worst instincts,” Hutchinson said during an interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week.” “I believe I can be that kind of
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In addition to Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have launched campaigns.
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leader for the people of America.” Hutchinson, a former federal prosecutor, has publicly stated that Trump should withdraw from the race. “Well he should,” Hutchinson said. “But at the same time, we know he’s not [going to]. And there’s not any constitutional requirement.” The indictment will become too big of a “sideshow,” Hutchinson said, adding that the former president should focus on his defense instead of another bid for the White House. “I mean, first of all, the office is more important than any individual person. And so for the sake of the office of the presidency, I do think that’s too much of a sideshow and distraction, and he needs to be able to concentrate on his due process,” Hutchinson said, acknowledging that the former president should be presumed innocent of the charges.
IDABEL, Okla. - Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for the immediate resignation of several county officials in neighboring McCurtain County – including Sheriff Kevin Clardy — after secretly-recorded audio allegedly caught the officials discussing killing reporters, engaging in a racist rant and belittling a woman who died earlier this year in a suspected arson-homicide. The explosive audio was reportedly obtained during a county commissioner’s meet-
ing on March 6. In what the newspaper is describing as the first of a series of articles based on the meeting, The McCurtain County Gazette stated the conversation was recorded to determine if commissioners were discussing county business in violation of the “Open Meetings Act.” Instead, the newspaper says the audio recorded threats against Gazette reporters Bruce and Chris Willingham as well as a racist rant and other controversial media. The recorded conversation alleges Clardy, District 2 County Commissioner Mark Jen-
nings and Investigator Alicia Manning discussed beating, killing and burying the two reporters and the possibility of hiring hitmen from Louisiana to commit the murders. According to an audio transcript made freely available by The McCurtain County Gazette, Clardy, Manning and Jennings allegedly made the following statements regarding the two reporters: Manning: “They are insignificant in my life,
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