Saturday, April 4, 2015
Jeremy Hutchinson on HB 1228 vote: 'I honestly was a coward and voted party line.'
Posted By David Koon on Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:47 PM
Yesterday, Sen. Hutchinson told Huffington Post that though he knew the bill would have unintended consequences for Arkansas, he cast the tiebreaker vote to send HB 1228 to the full Senate out of cowardice after Democratic Sen. David Burnett unexpectedly flipped his vote to a yea. Said Hutchinson to HuffPo:
I had yet to vote on it, period, because as chairman you don't vote unless you're needed to make the fifth vote, which is the passing vote. And so when this Democrat switched his vote, I was surprised, as was everybody else, and in that moment, I honestly was a coward and voted party line and voted to send it out."
Honesty! What a concept. I can think of a few Arkansas politicians who should try it.
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