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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: 00arkrino; arkansas; asahutchinson; assistantdemocrat; beechnut; elections; formerpos; greasypos; greasyrino; superrino; thebeechnutcure
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To: ConservativeInPA

I normally don’t care for profanity but in the case of your post I’ll endorse it!


21 posted on 03/31/2023 12:39:44 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: cotton1706

Who’s paying this guy?


22 posted on 03/31/2023 12:40:30 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: cotton1706

RINO twat can go pound sand!


23 posted on 03/31/2023 12:40:41 PM PDT by dragonblustar (WEF = World Economic Fascists. )
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To: cotton1706

Asa? Haven't seem him.

24 posted on 03/31/2023 12:40:52 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: cotton1706

Did he leave a trail of RINO droppings...?


25 posted on 03/31/2023 12:41:22 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: cotton1706

Hes just pathetic.


26 posted on 03/31/2023 12:42:00 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: cotton1706

The purpose of the indictment is to remove Trump from anything political. To stand aside is to give a victory to the villains.


27 posted on 03/31/2023 12:42:06 PM PDT by elpadre (nd )
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To: Dr. Sivana

Sanford is, unfortunately, from South Carolina.


28 posted on 03/31/2023 12:43:31 PM PDT by upchuck (When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects.)
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To: cotton1706

Was it Asa or his brother (Tim?) who was in Congress with Scarborough, Kasich, and Condit?


29 posted on 03/31/2023 12:44:06 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: All

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There was a lot of Faux outrage on TV, I think they’ll transition into - we have to let this play out. Which means they’re happy with the current system, let’s send more money to the FBi, and don’t dare say anything about the Biden family.

That’s where 96% of them are.

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30 posted on 03/31/2023 12:44:37 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: rfp1234

“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)


31 posted on 03/31/2023 12:47:02 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: cotton1706

Assa Hutchinson is a worthless piece of deep state crap who isn’t fit to clean President Trump’s toilets.


32 posted on 03/31/2023 12:49:10 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: cotton1706

33 posted on 03/31/2023 12:49:11 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Dems loot & riot -called "protesting" by media. Repub's protest -called "looting & rioting" by media)
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To: cotton1706

Everyone else should stand down and support Trump.


34 posted on 03/31/2023 12:49:13 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cotton1706

I like Richard Grenell’s suggestion that all the other candidates should step aside and rally around Trump…


35 posted on 03/31/2023 12:51:02 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: rfp1234

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

You’ve got a long wait coming. What a f’n traitor. He’s fine with letting the rats make a mockery out of the legal system as long as it hits someone he doesn’t like. Wait until they come for you a-hole.


36 posted on 03/31/2023 12:52:28 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: cotton1706

NEVER !!!


37 posted on 03/31/2023 12:53:02 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. -Tacitus)
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To: rfp1234

Where is Sarah? Has she become a RINO ?


38 posted on 03/31/2023 12:53:41 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. -Tacitus)
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To: cotton1706

FU Rino.


39 posted on 03/31/2023 12:55:40 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: cotton1706

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.


40 posted on 03/31/2023 12:56:27 PM PDT by RedElement
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