Conservatives oppose LGBT inclusion in hate crime bill in Arkansas

Asa Hutchinson speaks at a daily press conference in Little Rock, Ark., on March 23, 2020. (Photo: Staton Breidenthal / The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

A push to finally enact a hate crimes law in Arkansas, a state with a history of white supremacists, appeared to have all the elements for success: a popular Republican governor who made it a priority, major corporations endorsing the…