Arkansas Gov.: ‘If the GOP Is Going to Be the Party of Supporting Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Includes the FBI’ (uh, no it doesn't)

Cnsnews.com ^ | 8/22/22 | Melanie Arter

[cotton1706]

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said last week that the GOP shouldn’t blame the FBI agents who raided Mar-a-Lago, because they were just doing their job and carrying out “a lawful search warrant that a magistrate signed off on.”

“Well, if the GOP is going to be the party of supporting law enforcement, law enforcement includes the FBI. As a United States attorney, I work with the FBI, the DEA, the federal law enforcement agencies. Those folks on the ground do extraordinarily heroic efforts to enforce our rule of law, which is fundamental to the Republican Party and to our democracy,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“The FBI is part of that, and so, yes, we need to pull back on casting judgment on them. No doubt that they have -- higher-ups in the FBI has made mistakes. They do it. I have defended cases as well, and I have seen wrong actions, but we cannot say that, whenever they went in and did that search, that they were not doing their job as law enforcement officers,” Hutchinson said.

“If you want to hold people accountable, it is the Department of Justice. It is the attorney general, who said he supervised that. The FBI is simply carrying out their responsibilities under the law, a lawful search warrant that a magistrate signed off on, and they didn't go in there with FBI raid jackets,” the governor said.

“They tried to constrain their behavior carrying out that warrant. So, let's be -- let's support law enforcement. Let's stand with them. Whether it's the DEA, the FBI, or your local law enforcement. That's critically important that we do that, because they're simply trying to do their job and to keep anarchy away from our country,” he added.

[ridesthemiles]

We already gave too much power to ONE IDIOT from Arkansas-—

[Flick Lives]

When was the last time you saw a lawyer in Congress who even expressed mild interest in dismantling “The Swamp?”
Most responsible adults have no interest in a Beltway existence. Lawyers are a notable exception. The political figures in recent years who have risen to the top in my eyes were conspicuous in that they AREN’T lawyers. In addition to Donald Trump (real estate developer), I would add Rand Paul (medical doctor) and Thomas Massie (engineer) to the mix.

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Sen. John Kennedy

Sen. Tom Cotton

Sen. Ted Cruz

[Republican Wildcat]

The principle of supporting law enforcement doesn’t require every single thing someone does in the name of law enforcement - indeed, that’s actually not supporting law enforcement.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

[Billyv]

It’s a sad thing when a man’s lust for power overcomes his moral compass so that the ends justify the means. Or in the words of the senator in the movie Mr Smith goes to Washington, “ Jeff I know I’ve done some bad things but look at the good it’s allowed me to do!”

WWG1WGA!

[Brilliant]

If the FBI enforced the laws instead of violating them, I’d agree.

[mountainfolk]

Asa Hutchinson seems to be intent on unloading his hidden RINO self in his last months of haveing been elected as a conservative, or at least nominal Republican. He is obviously job hunting to the highest bidder who will be another RINO in govt power circles. I sincerely hope that the Sara Huckabee team is genuine conservative, working for Arkansas and not the DC establishment. Never would have had any concerns about that but I do not trust even one politician these days. Verify, trust, and double verify again.

[pulaskibush]

Asa Hutchinson has been a RINO for years

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