Former Arkansas Governor Launching Republican Presidential Campaign

Veronica Stracqualursi, Gregory Krieg, and Kaanita Iyer, reporting for CNN:

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced that he’s running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, launching a challenge to former President Donald Trump, who remains the front-runner despite his looming criminal indictment.

“I’m convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America, and not simply appeal to our worst instincts,” Hutchinson, 72, said in an interview on ABC News that aired Sunday. He will make a formal announcement on April 26 in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, according to a news release.

I must admit this was unexpected.

But also: another white male septuagenarian, but this time from the state that gave us Walmart. Also worth noting, this dustbag endorsed Trump-admin alum Sarah Huckabee Sanders to replace him as Governor of Arkansas.

JUST what we all wanted. I’m sure he’ll impress us in the primaries and really capture that Republican base, which is so clearly tired of their politicians appealing to their worst instincts.