Leslie Rutledge at the Republican National Convention.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state Attorney General Leslie Rutledge spoke during last night’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland, with both criticizing Hillary Clinton more than they praised the GOP nominee, Donald Trump.
“If you liked the last eight years,” Hutchinson said, “then Hillary would give you double for your trouble.”
Hutchinson criticized Clinton’s role as secretary of state, noting the attacks in Benghazi and “instability in Egypt, Syria and Libya, the rise of ISIS, the resurgence of Russia, an emboldened North Korea …” He also said that, being from Arkansas, he knows “from personal experience that we don’t need Hillary Clinton in the White House.”
“Donald Trump is the right leader for our time,” Hutchinson said.
Asa Hutchinson’s Full RNC Speech
Rutledge, in her signature twang, served up even more red meat for delegates.
“Sometimes Hillary Clinton speaks with a New York accent,” Rutledge said. “Sometimes an Arkansas accent. But y’all, this is what a real Arkansas woman sounds like. Hillary may not know where she’s from, but Arkansans know exactly who I am.”
Rutledge, the first woman attorney general in Arkansas, said breaking glass ceilings is important, but not at the expense of the country.
Leslie Rutledge’s Full RNC Speech
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