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Aug 2023
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This Two-Term Republican Governor Says D...

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Johanna Maska talks to Asa Hutchinson, the two term Republican governor of Arkansas who is running a shoestring campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. Hutchinson stands out as a figure who has served with vast experience in Republican politics — he was first appointed to office by Ronald Reagan — and for his outspoken condemnation of Trump. Hutchinson and Maska talk about why he is running, his concerns about the future and what he sees as other candidates’ weakness in taking on Trump, and ultimately winning the election. So far Hutchinson hasn’t made the debate stage, but he continues the aggressive push to get the low dollar donors to make his case.

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