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Former Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson calls on Trump to 'stand aside' after indictment (predictable pantywaistery)
Just the News ^ | 3/31/23 | Ben Whedon

Posted on 03/31/2023 12:26:37 PM PDT by cotton1706

Former Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday called on former President Donald Trump to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race after news broke that a grand jury had voted to indict him.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has pursued a case involving a hush money payment that Trump's then-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, made to Stormy Daniels in 2016. Legal experts have derided the case as baseless and a political prosecution.

In an appearance on Fox Business, however, Hutchinson contended that Trump should respect the office of the presidency by not running while indicted.

"When a public official is indicted, I think with regard to the office, the office is more important than the person and they should step aside. That standard should apply here," he said in reference to Trump, according to The Hill. "It is a distraction. It is not a good day for America, but the system has to play out here and we have to have confidence that it can."

Hutchinson did admit he "would not have brought" the case were he in Bragg's position and warned that the chargers needed to be "very substantive" to avoid the appearance of a political prosecution.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: 00arkrino; arkansas; asahutchinson; assistantdemocrat; beechnut; elections; formerpos; greasypos; greasyrino; superrino; thebeechnutcure
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Gutless as ever.
1 posted on 03/31/2023 12:26:37 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Waiting for Gov. Sarah to figuratively whip this fool into silence.


2 posted on 03/31/2023 12:28:37 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: cotton1706

FU Asa and all your pussy RINO friends. You have no idea how to fight and just look at what America has become.


3 posted on 03/31/2023 12:29:42 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: cotton1706

Is this the guy who was wandering the Appalachin trail in search of himself?


4 posted on 03/31/2023 12:30:17 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: cotton1706

Remember, this is the litmus test. Asa just showed he is on the other side.

“Then to side with truth is noble,
When we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame or profit,
And ‘tis prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses
While the coward stands aside,
Till the multitude make virtue
Of the faith they had denied.”


5 posted on 03/31/2023 12:30:22 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: cotton1706

No standing aside. Innocent until a faked guilty verdict.


6 posted on 03/31/2023 12:30:57 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: cotton1706

Assistant Democrat Asa: PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE, President Trump!!


7 posted on 03/31/2023 12:31:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: cotton1706

AH is a slimy POS. He makes my skin crawl. . . .


8 posted on 03/31/2023 12:31:21 PM PDT by RatRipper
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To: nobody in particular
the office of the president no longer deserves any respect. nor does anything in D.C. f'em all!!
9 posted on 03/31/2023 12:31:35 PM PDT by SGCOS (not vaccinated for covid and never will be)
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To: cotton1706

Some of our “star” players from the Clinton Impeachment sure haven’t turned out very well. Asa and Lindsey. Ugh.


10 posted on 03/31/2023 12:31:40 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Pray that this culture doesn't get God's judgment. )
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To: cotton1706

“When a public official is indicted, I think with regard to the office, the office is more important than the person and they should step aside. That standard should apply here,” he said in reference to Trump, according to The Hill. “It is a distraction. It is not a good day for America, but the system has to play out here and we have to have confidence that it can.”

Hutchinson did admit he “would not have brought” the case were he in Bragg’s position and warned that the chargers needed to be “very substantive” to avoid the appearance of a political prosecution.


How does he reconcile these seemingly contradictory positions? Someone should not run for office while under indictment, but the indictment should not have been brought in the first place?


11 posted on 03/31/2023 12:31:41 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: RatRipper

Prolly a Sniffer, like his hero, the JoeTatoe...


12 posted on 03/31/2023 12:32:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: cotton1706

13 posted on 03/31/2023 12:32:51 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: cotton1706

F him.


14 posted on 03/31/2023 12:33:12 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: cotton1706

Om OK. What ever you say Esa, except for that.
Hey man, are you really that stupid?
Seriously.


15 posted on 03/31/2023 12:33:12 PM PDT by FMBass (USN vet DE-1074 Retired Chem E)
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To: cotton1706

Asa hole


16 posted on 03/31/2023 12:37:15 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: cotton1706

Asa, get back to us when you manage to raise your IQ 10 points, to 85.


17 posted on 03/31/2023 12:38:25 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: DallasBiff
Is this the guy who was wandering the Appalachin trail in search of himself?

No, that was Sanford from North Carolina.
18 posted on 03/31/2023 12:38:36 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: cotton1706
At this point, even if Don is in lock-up, or not on the ballot, I’m writing him in. F*uck the deep state: image host
19 posted on 03/31/2023 12:38:47 PM PDT by CapandBall
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To: cotton1706

No, Hutchinson. You stand aside. You gutless weasel.


20 posted on 03/31/2023 12:39:11 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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