With two weeks until Election Day, Asa Hutchinson today finally brings out an attack on Mike Beebe‘s handling of the corruption scandal involving his state Senate colleague Nick Wilson.
“[Beebe] claims to have fought Nick Wilson and his fellow band of thieves in the state Senate,” Hutchinson said in a press release. “But Sen. Beebe’s fight was a fight for power — not a fight against the abuse of power.
“As Nick Wilson was stealing millions, Sen. Beebe did nothing to stop it. When the public demanded censure, Sen. Beebe opposed such action. And when the public demanded that these crooks be tossed out of the Senate after their convictions, Sen. Beebe opposed that action, too. That’s not leadership; it’s almost complicity.”
Full release after the jump.