GOP Reaction To Joe Hogsett's Announcement

Hogsett mayoral announcement (Matt Detrich/Star Photo)

Joe Hogsett (D) made official his Indianapolis mayoral bid with a campaign kick-off speech at the Landmark for Peace Memorial in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park before a couple hundred supporters with Evan Bayh at his side. Marion Co. GOP Chairman Kyle Walker released the following brief reaction to Joe Hogsett's announcement:

"Joe Hogsett has been rejected by voters three times and next year will be the fourth; either in May or November. Hogsett's unwillingness to support pre-k for low-income families is one of the many reasons he is wrong for Indianapolis."

Okay, so as a Republican the primary reason I should oppose Hogsett is because of his supposed lack of support for pre-K education for low-income families, something they've been offered for nearly 50 years under the federally-funded Head Start program? So that's your strategy to defeat Hogsett? Excuse me, but if people want to talk about education, then let them run for the school board.