Asa Hutchinson

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for president in 2024, he said Sunday. “I am going to be running. And the reason, as I've traveled the ...

Haley described the case as more about “revenge” than justice; Former Vice President Mike Pence called the indictment “an outrage”; Florida Gov. “Well he should,” Hutchinson said, when asked whether Trump should pull out of the race. “I mean, first of all, the office is more important than any individual person.

Asa Hutchinson made his 2024 presidential campaign official on Sunday in an exclusive sit-down interview with ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl.

6, did not explicitly say whether he would support Trump if the former president were to win the Republican nomination, stating instead, "I don't believe he should be the next leader of our country." The former president receives 47% of support among Republican and Republican-leaning voters, while DeSantis receives 33%, according to a "When I say ‘non-Trump’, I want to be able to speak to the Trump voters. I think we need to have a strong America; we need to spend less at the federal level.’ These are the values that I represent," Hutchinson said. And what I don't want to do as a leader is undermine everything that is good about America, which is our criminal justice system," he added. "I've always said that people don't have to step aside from public office if they're under investigation, but if it reaches the point of criminal charges that have to be answered, the office is always more important than a person. "I know there's going to be some that say I should be tougher on the prosecutor, I should be tougher on the unfairness of this. And so for the sake of the office of the presidency, I do think that's too much of a sideshow and distraction and he needs to be able to concentrate on his due process and there is a presumption of innocence." "I do," Hutchinson said, standing by the position he took before Trump was charged. "It’s still about retail politics in many of these states, and also, this is one of the most unpredictable political environments that I've seen in my lifetime. Asked by Karl how Trump’s indictment affects the 2024 presidential race, Hutchinson said the development “adds to the unpredictability” of the political process. And the reason is, I've traveled the country for six months, I hear people talk about the leadership of our country.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's running for president in 2024, positioning himself as an alternative for Republicans ready to turn the party ...

“I believe that the evangelical community understands that we need to have a leader that can distance themselves from some of the bad instincts that drive Mr. Although he has supported Trump’s policies, Hutchinson has become increasingly critical of the former president’s rhetoric and lies about the 2020 presidential election. [he ordered eight executions](https://apnews.com/article/ec1eb1fc593945cf8df6ceaf96b06768) over a two-week period, scheduling them before one of the state’s lethal injection drugs was set to expire. An opponent of the federal health care law, Hutchinson after taking office supported keeping Arkansas’ version of Medicaid expansion. “Donald Trump says a lot of things and they don’t always appeal to the best of America. Among the bills she’s signed since taking office is legislation intended to reinstate the ban on gender affirming care for minors that Hutchinson opposed by making it easier to sue providers of such care. attorney who prosecuted white supremacists in Arkansas in the 1980s. He signed several abortion restrictions into law, including a ban on the procedure that took effect when the U.S. A former congressman, he was one of the House managers prosecuting the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton. He said Trump should drop out of the presidential race and focus on his legal challenges, though he doesn’t expect him to. In addition to Trump, Hutchinson joins a Republican field that also includes former U.N. Ron DeSantis is expected to jump into the race in the summer, while U.S.