Fox News host Tucker Carlson
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Before interviewing Hutchison, Carlson argued that the bill would end services that he believed amounted to “chemical castration” of children and facilitate “gender reassignment” procedures.
“If this had been a bill that simply banned chemical castration, I would have signed the bill,” Hutchinson said. But Tucker, as you know, this bill was too broad. It was extreme. It went way beyond what you just said. “
By vetoing the bill this week, Hutchison said it would “create new standards for legislative interference with doctors and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive issues involving young people” , and therefore he could not support it.
Hutchison said there will be “tough decisions” for families when it comes to getting health care for transgender children, but from a policy standpoint he said he is reaching out to “William Buckley and Ronald Reagan” and a Republican Party opinion of one. limited government.
With these principles in mind, Hutchinson said, he voted in favor of the bill.
‘Tucker, you’re a conservative, you have a great background in that. Where do we go back to the limited role of the government that we do not have to call upon ourselves in every social position? ‘ asked the governor. Let’s limit the role of the government. Let’s let parents and doctors make decisions. ‘
Carlson pressed Hutchison again, asking rhetorically, “Why don’t we let 18-year-olds drink beer in Arkansas? Why don’t we let them get tattoos? Why don’t we let 15-year-olds get married?”
Hutchison retorted that the elected leaders of the state do not always “necessarily make the right judgments for parents and doctors on those sensitive issues.”
He later said he was opposed to the fact that the bill would not have been a grandfather to existing transgender children who would then be at risk of losing their healthcare.
“I don’t think that treats those children or their parents or their caregivers fairly or equally,” Hutchison said.
“Okay,” Carlson ended the segment. “That’s the conservative position.”