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Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, The Constitution Project & Soros Funding, All Networking

GOP Gov Hutchinson Says 2024 Presidential Bid 'on the Table'

Newsmax

Sunday, 01 May 2022 04:03 PM EDT

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (L) (R-AR), Chairman of the National Governors Association, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) (R) speak outside the White House after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and members of the National Governors Association on January 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. The National Governors Association concludes its three day winter meeting today. (Win McNamee/Getty)

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/election-2024-hutchinson-president/2022/05/01/id/1067991/

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won't be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the race.

Hutchinson, a two-term Republican governor who is restricted under Arkansas law from seeking a third term, said it was time for the national GOP to move on from Trump in regards to the candidates he's endorsing in the 2022 midterm elections as well as "the direction he wants to take our country."

Asked on CNN's "State of the Union" if he was mulling a presidential run, Hutchinson replied: "I am. But you have got to get through, of course, this year, but that’s an option that’s on the table."

Making clear he was "not aligned" with Trump, Hutchinson added: "I think he did a lot of good things for our country, but we need to go a different direction. And so that’s not a factor in my decision-making process."

Currently the chairman of the National Governors Association, Hutchinson in recent months has become a fixture on cable television — at times drawing the ire of Trump — in defending his veto of legislation targeting transgender youths in the state and warning fellow Republicans about tying their fortunes too closely to the former president. After the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, which led to Trump’s impeachment by the House, Hutchinson said he wanted Trump’s administration to end. He's made it clear since early 2021 that he would not back a Trump 2024 bid and urged public officials to look ahead rather than focus on Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 election.

Though Trump remains the most popular figure among Republican voters who dominate primary elections, several GOP figures are considering presidential runs on a platform opposing the former president. Beyond Hutchinson, they include Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland and Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming.

Other candidates eyeing possible runs are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, though they have been less clear about their intentions if Trump enters the race. Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador, has said she would stand down on a potential bid if Trump opts to run a second time.

Connecting the Dots:

Asa Hutchinson was the Governor of Arkansas and is a director at the Constitution Project.

Morton H. Halperin was a director at the Constitution Project and is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations

Resources: Past Research

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Mike Pence, Asa Hutchinson, Constitution Project, Smithsonian Institution & Soros Funding, All Networking (Past Research on Asa Hutchinson)

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