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‘Not accidental’: GOP governor admonishes Donald Trump for dining with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
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‘Not accidental’: GOP governor admonishes Donald Trump for dining with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
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Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas admonished former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday, November 22nd meeting with avowed white supremacist podcaster Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday’s edition of State of the Union. Trump hosted a dinner that night at his Florida compound for disgraced rapper and possible 2024 presidential candidate Kanye West along with Fuentes to shore up support for his own White House run, which he formally declared on Tuesday, November 15th.
Host Dana Bash asked Hutchinson to comment on Trump’s political schmoozing of Holocaust deniers such as Fuentes:
You personally prosecuted white supremacist groups. What’s your reaction to seeing a former US president associate with someone like that?
Hutchinson:
Well I hope someday we won’t have to be responding to what former President Trump has said or done. In this instance, it’s important to respond. And, as you mentioned, the last time I met with a white supremacist, it was in an armed standoff. I had a bulletproof vest on. We arrested them, prosecuted them, sent them to prison. And so, no, I don’t think it’s a good idea for a leader that is setting an example for the country or the party to meet with an avowed racist or antisemite. And so it’s very troubling, and it shouldn’t happen. And we need to avoid those kinds of empowering the extremes. And when you meet with people, you empower. And that’s what you have to avoid. You want to diminish their strength, not empower them. Stay away from them.
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