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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I normally don’t care for profanity but in the case of your post I’ll endorse it!
Who’s paying this guy?
RINO twat can go pound sand!
Asa? Haven't seem him.
Did he leave a trail of RINO droppings...?
Hes just pathetic.
The purpose of the indictment is to remove Trump from anything political. To stand aside is to give a victory to the villains.
Sanford is, unfortunately, from South Carolina.
Was it Asa or his brother (Tim?) who was in Congress with Scarborough, Kasich, and Condit?
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There was a lot of Faux outrage on TV, I think theyâll transition into - we have to let this play out. Which means theyâre happy with the current system, letâs send more money to the FBi, and donât dare say anything about the Biden family.
Thatâs where 96% of them are.
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“Waiting for Gov. Sarah to figuratively whip this fool into silence.”
Don’t hold your breath. In her rebuttal speech (which wasn’t a rebuttal at all) after Biden’s SOTU, she was strong about promoting younger pols and kicking the old guys aside. (Paraphrased)
Assa Hutchinson is a worthless piece of deep state crap who isn’t fit to clean President Trump’s toilets.
Everyone else should stand down and support Trump.
I like Richard Grenellâs suggestion that all the other candidates should step aside and rally around TrumpâŚ
Waiting for Gov. Sarah to figuratively whip this fool into silence.â
Youâve got a long wait coming. What a fân traitor. Heâs fine with letting the rats make a mockery out of the legal system as long as it hits someone he doesnât like. Wait until they come for you a-hole.
NEVER !!!
Where is Sarah? Has she become a RINO ?
FU Rino.
AH just handed his political opponents a veto over R candidacies. Bragg doesn’t even have a good misdemeanor case, much less felony. Why should we give him a veto over our candidates?
In days gone by, when there was some sense of integrity on the part of state prosecutorial actions, AH’s idea might have been a reasonable expectation.
When the prosecutors have weaponized the system and act by banana republic rules, you have to do what Trump is doing: You fight back tooth and nail.
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