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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Mike?
Asa Hutchinson, not Mike Huckabee haha
If so, looks like he found him.
Asa is a 🤮. Lots of RINOs are.
He has it backwards. All other GOP candidates should step aside in a show of unity with Trump.
Hutchinson, shut your foul, ignorant piehole. You’re a first class moron, which is your ONLY claim to any sort of class. You’re the stuff we scrape off our feet at the curb.
TWIT ..TOTAL TWIT!
POS fagot-like RINO!
Clinton was a better governor...
Just ask the women...
No.that was Mark Sandford....and he was in Argentina with his lover
Thanks, I had a brain fart.
5.56mm
Sarah tweeted a statement yesterday.
Sarah tweeted a statement yesterday.
Who cares about this washed up RINO?
Both; Tim divorced his wife and married a staffer and lost reelection to Mark Pryor.
Been there; done that.
“Some of our “star” players from the Clinton Impeachment sure haven’t turned out very well. Asa and Lindsey. Ugh.”
The 13 Republican House Managers:
Henry Hyde (R-IL) Committee Chairman
George Gekas (R-PA)
Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Ed Bryant (R-TN)
Steve Buyer (R-IN)
Asa Hutchinson (R-AR)
James E. Rogan (R-CA)
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Lindsay Graham (R-SC)
Charles Canady (R-FL)
Bob Barr (R-GA)
Bill McCollum (R-FL)
And then as soon as the agreement is made RENEG, why not.
The GODDAMN DEMOCRATS DO IT ALL THE TIME!
Exactly, plus you hand that to the phony judge and say is this justice or politics?
FUAH
Just heard he’s announced his candidacy for POTUS.
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