WASHINGTON — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge will speak at the Republican National Convention, the event’s organizers said Thursday morning.
Her name was on a list of 62 politicians, religious leaders, athletes and others who will get podium time.
The Batesville native is a delegate for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, and she served on the party’s platform committee.
Three other Arkansas elected officials also made the cut. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Gov. Mike Huckabee had already acknowledged that they would be appearing.
In an interview, Rutledge said she’ll be speaking Tuesday during prime time, the same night that Hutchinson takes the stage.
“My focus will be on Secretary Clinton, her dishonesty, deception, what sort of a lack of leadership she has displayed,” she said. “Certainly my remarks will talk about the differences between Hillary Clinton as president and Donald Trump … and how much is at stake in this election.”
Read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.