Posted on 05/30/2023 1:02:56 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that if he became president, he would not pardon former President Donald Trump should he be convicted of crimes.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, “Governor, it takes courage to get in when you are taking on someone with as strong as a presence as Donald Trump. You’re taking him on directly, criticizing him for things like January 6, saying it should disqualify him from seeking the White House. Why are you speaking out so forcefully when others haven’t? Do you think the Republican Party would benefit from more folks coming out and directly taking him on?”
Hutchinson said, “First of all, it’s not a matter of strategy for me, it’s simply answering the question honestly. You’re defending the indefensible if you try to defend January 6. It was wrong. It was an attack on our democracy and it shouldn’t have happen.”
He added, “I believe in the rule of law. When the E. Jean Carroll verdict came I quickly responded and said this should be taken seriously. It’s a jury unanimously making a finding. I knew what was ahead, that was that Donald Trump is going to undermine our justice system, our rule of law, and poke fun at it, and that’s not good for our system.”
Discussing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), co-host Joy Behar said, “He also said that he would pardon Trump if he won. Would you?”
Hutchinson said, “No.”
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You won’t have to worry about that, Asa.....................
As a citizen, I will not vote for you Asa.
You ain’t gonna be President.
He must have felt very comfortable on the view.
Asa is the GOP presidential candidate version of Bud Light.
Asa went on the view? thats Jesus’ territory, fighting and expelling demons, not any mans land.
“ IF he became president”
I can rest easy then
Don’t worry about it Hutch, you’ll never be president so you won’t have to make that choice.
If this guy gets above 1% in the GOP primary race, I will be shocked. He likely won’t get above that even in Arkansas.
As President it would be a miracle and the return of Christ and a 1000:year reign..
Loser
Even the biggest moron can read the room better than this. This is just a vicious, un-electable POS. But that doesn’t necessarily preclude this garbage from entering the whitehouse.
Don’t worry about it
Did someone fart? Oh, that was Assa Hutchinson. Never mind.
Asa has delusions of grandeur if he thinks anyone above the level of cretin would waste their vote on him. And I find it very telling of his lack of character that, with the destruction of America well under way thanks to the machinations of those puppeteering the pathetic doddering idiot Biden, his first promise is to take action against TRUMP, who put America first. If that’s all you got, you can’t disappear fast enough, you fool.
I am publicly announcing that I have decided not to run for President in 2024, even though I would have the same or better chance of getting elected as Asa Hutchinson.
As a voting citizen of Arkansas who has never voted for former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) I recommend anyone that is with arms length of Asa put him in a headlock and drag him to the nearest tree and string him up!
What a clown. Few even know who he is, and no one cares what he has to say about anything.
“You’re defending the indefensible if you try to defend January 6. It was wrong. It was an attack on our democracy”
Wow. Asa probably doesn’t know anything about January 6, 2021, except what his owners have told him to know. He will not pardon Trump, if elected, and I will not purchase Twitter from Elon Musk.
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