I signed it at the time because our cases were at a very low point. I knew that it would be overridden by the legislature if I didn`t sign it. I signed it for those reasons that our cases were at a low point. Everything is changed now. And yes, in hindsight, I wish that had not become law.
Governor Hutchinson expresses regret over signing a ban on mask mandates.
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Well, I think that's the analysis that in the short term, people believe he has been targeted, believes that the prosecution is not just and the charges are not valid.
We should not underestimate the challenge of this. I think this is Kevin McCarthy's point, that you have an element of speech here of a candidate addressing a rally.
It's about policy, but it's about electability. And we do not want to have a repeat of 2020 with a Trump/Biden race. We want something different that we can win.
Donald Trump has a moral responsibility for what happened on January 6th. The question is is whether there is a criminal responsibility, and that's a judgment that the Department of Justice is going to have to make.
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