All the 2024 Republicans’ takes on Desantis vs. Disney feud

Asa Hutchinson

GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on a recent interview, “I don’t like what Disney said about the legislation that I would have supported in Florida, but it’s not the role of government to punish a business when you disagree with what they’re saying or a position that they take.”

“If that was the view of a Republican, then we’re going to be in all kinds of trouble in our businesses in blue states if they start punishing businesses for taking a more conservative speech or position,” he said, adding, “And so I don’t understand a conservative punishing a business that’s the largest employer in the state.”

STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, Little Rock, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson presents a check for $500,000 to Maj. Gen. Mark Berry for the Arkansas National Guard’s Youth Challenge program in the governor’s conference room on November 1, 2018. Via Wikimedia Commons.
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