Posted on 02/15/2023 2:25:06 PM PST by conservative98
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will travel to the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa later this week to meet with state officials and Republican activists in yet another sign that he's considering a run for president in 2024.
Hutchinson, who is not shy about his White House ambitions, said he will arrive in the Hawkeye State on Wednesday morning in an announcement that came just hours after former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared her own candidacy for president on Tuesday.
"Iowans set the tone in our electoral process and their voice is one that anyone contemplating higher office should not only seek out, but carefully listen to," Hutchinson said.
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Were Hutchinson to toss his hat in the ring, he would join Haley and former President Donald Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Haley, 51, announced her candidacy Tuesday morning, calling for a "new generation of leadership."
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Hutchinson, 72, served eight years as governor of Arkansas and was term-limited from running again last year. He visited Iowa in January to attend Gov. Kim Reynolds' second inauguration and meet with GOP leaders to celebrate Republican victories in the 2022 midterm elections. Hutchinson has been open about seriously considering a "fun" for president and said his next visit will conclude in Council Bluffs, where he will meet with voters.
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Former Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich, who now runs the MAGA Inc. super PAC, downplayed Haley as "just another career politician" after her announcement.
Hutchinson has called a Trump nomination the "worst scenario" for Republicans in 2024 and said the GOP needs "new voices" articulating what the party stands for.
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Delusions of Grandeur. He should be thinking about being a good Grandpa. Probably would do ok at that.
One does wonder where her core values lay, and how willing/brave is she to defend them? So many questions before the primaries.
In 2015, we had 17 candidates vying for POTUS. Looks like we’re heading that way, again.
As a conservative from Arkansas, we do not want him.
Ho hum...Another No..excuse me, not No, not Hell No, but F NO!!
hey, someone’s gotta fill the Arkansas RINO primary slot ...
Plenty of room left in the GOP Clown Car.
Another one that is dead on arrival in my book.
Wow, the RINOs are coming out of the woodwork. When’s lardass Christie going to jump in?
Vermin Supreme has as good a chance as this loser.
Just say NO.
Good for him. Let him run. He’s not going to win. I don’t see why anyone should get worked up about this.
Dr.Zachary Smith? I thought he was still lost in space
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