Hutchinson vows no ‘blanket pardons’ for Jan. 6 rioters if elected president

The hill ^ | 05/28/2023 | BY SARAH FORTINSKY

[ChicagoConservative27]

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson vowed Sunday not to issue “blanket pardons” for rioters convicted in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, if he is elected.

“First of all, there would be no blanket pardons. Secondly, it was a very serious offense, challenging the fundamentals of our democracy and attempt to overturn the election, and so I view it as seriously, and any pardon application be viewed just like any other pardon application that I viewed as governor. And I would do that as president, but no blanket pardons,” the former Arkansas governor said in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.”

[MachIV]

This dunce takes obliviousness to unprecedented levels.

[Signalman]

When you know you have zero chance of being elected President, you can go on TV, run off at the mouth, and say just about anything.

[Sirius Lee]

A part of Asa-hole doesn’t really want to win. But the other part of him wants to lose bigly.

[Reily]

Evdrytime I try to explain that to people their eyes glaze over like I’m giving a calculus lecture.

[TokarevM57]

....very true....but he just comes across as not “being with it”....sort of a PoS President Biden with a somewhat lower level of dementia....that’s what I have seen on TeeVee so maybe he has had better TeeVee exposures....

[dennisw]

Asa Hutchinson and Tim Scott..... both are weak, simpy and pathetic. I would vote for RFK Jr. over both of them.

[chopperk]

Asa would prosecute his own mother for J6.

[RideForever]

Hutchinson deserves to be booted from the country along with the illegal aliens for his warped sense of justice ‘for some’, apparently if Trump wins.

[BobL]

That position should get him a lot of Republican votes.

[mountainfolk]

I watched Hutchinson interviewed recently and he was saying that the more candidates the better. A wider discussion etc. He apparently is going to use his platform to generate interest in whatever his backers are involved in. He will be pushing issues via his access to publicity etc. I expect that his pushing will involve frequent digs at Donald Trump. Asa is also looking for a high level govt job using his experience and acquaintance with other governors and also the Waltons. A very liberated RINO.

[bigbob]

Like Mittens, a poster child for everything that is wrong with the GOP. Puke.

[PGR88]

He’s like Kamala Harris. He is in it now for the payoffs/donations he will get, but as soon as that dries up, he’ll be out of the race faster than rabbit chased by a fox

[faucetman]

“Hutchinson vows no ‘blanket pardons’ for Jan. 6 rioters if elected president”

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[ConservativeInPA]

So bold. Just another steaming pile of RINO …

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Well, that settles it. I’m not going to vote for him.

[dadfly]

good night to him.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hutchinson sounds like another GOOBer who puts foreigners ahead of Americans. The aho won’t get my vote.

[MortMan]

Begging for democrat support.

[PIF]

another snake heard from.

[CapnJack]

Who????