Former President Donald Trump excoriated Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson over his veto of a bill banning transgender procedures and drugs from being administered to minors.
“Asa Hutchinson, the lightweight RINO Governor of Arkansas, just vetoed a Bill that banned the CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF CHILDREN,” Trump said in a press release on Thursday. “’Bye-bye Asa,’ that’s the end of him! Fortunately for the Great State of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders will do a fantastic job as your next Governor!”
Hutchinson vetoed legislation this week that would have banned procedures from being performed on transgender minors and argued that the bill was “over-broad, extreme” and referred to it as “vast government overreach.”
The Republican governor’s veto was overridden by Arkansas lawmakers, and he has faced intense criticism from conservatives, which intensified after he appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program in an attempt to explain his rationale.
WATCH: Tucker Carlson and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson debate the governor’s decision to veto a bill banning gender surgeries for minors that was later overridden by the Arkansas state legislature.
Gov. Hutchinson says that the bill “invokes the state” in medical decisions. pic.twitter.com/kwzGtTwtle
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 7, 2021
Trump endorsed Sarah Sanders, his former press secretary, in her run for governor of Arkansas, which she announced earlier this year.
“Sarah is strong on Borders, tough on Crime, and fully supports the Second Amendment and our great law enforcement officers,” Trump said in a January statement. “She loves our Military and Veterans — and her home state of Arkansas. Sarah will be a GREAT Governor, and she has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”
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Hutchinson, who has been governor since 2015, is not permitted to run again due to term limits.
