Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) who had previously supported Donald Trump’s reelection bid, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he would not back the former President if he decided to run in 2024.
Anchor Dana Bash said, “The former president is teasing a run again in 2024. would you ever support him again?
Hutchinson said, “No, I wouldn’t. It’s time, and he’s got a good family. I worked with Ivanka and others, and they love America. But I would not support him for reelection in 2024. He’s going to have a voice, but as former presidents do, but there is many voices in the party.
Again, he should not define our future. We’ve got to define it for ourselves, and that has to be based upon the principles that gave us the strength in America.”
We got to respond to the people that like Trump. We’ve got to respond and identify with the issues that gave him the first election and gave him support throughout his presidency.
There is one that we have to reach out to, but it’s based upon conservative principles and reaching out to the blue-collar voters that are important and identify with him because he’s fighting for them, and we’ve got to take that message, but we just got to handle it in a different way with different personalities.”
For Hutchinson’s nephew, Arkansas state Sen. Jim Hendren, last month’s deadly riot at the US Capitol proved to be the “last straw” in his decision to leave the Republican Party.
During his interview with Bash, Hutchinson called his nephew’s decision “a warning sign” for the GOP.
“It saddens me and it’s certainly a warning sign to us that there is many out there that would like to see a more civil dialogue and so I have tremendous respect for his — what he announced or what he’s thinking there,” the governor said. “We’re going to work for a mutual goal in different ways.”
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