Republican Governor: I would not vote for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Gov. Asa hutchinsonAsa HutchinsonSunday Shows Sneak Peek: New COVID-19 Variants Spread In United States; Redditors Shake Wall Street with Gamestop Action Sarah Huckabee Sanders Boasts Trump’s Approval Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ gubernatorial bid is an early test for Trump allies MORE (R-Ark.) Said on Sunday that he would not vote for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) If he was a voter in his district, although he did not categorically condemn her.

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Hutchinson spoke with host Martha Raddatz about the state of the Republican Party.

Raddatz asked the governor if he felt Greene was fit to serve in Congress, given his controversial comments before and after the recent election. Greene has promoted QAnon’s conspiracy theory in the past and was recently seen in a video harassing David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

“I’m not going to answer that question of whether she is fit to serve because she believes in something that not everyone accepts. I reject this, ”Hutchinson said.

“But she’s going to run for re-election. I don’t think we should punish people from a disciplinary point of view or from a party point of view because they think something a little different.

“The people in her district elected her and that should mean a lot,” said Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. @MarthaRaddatz asked about Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, but adds, “I wouldn’t vote for her.” https://t.co/rpWP8agDc2 pic.twitter.com/5MuZbxAJOu

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Raddatz lobbied Hutchinson on the issue, saying his promotion of conspiracy theories was more than “a little different.”

“And I reject that,” said Hutchinson, who has served in the House of Representatives. “I wouldn’t vote for her. I would not vote for her.

“The second question is, should the House of Representatives make a disciplinary appeal to him? I’m not going to get involved in this,” Hutchinson added. “They’re going to have to make that judgment. But any time you have a great diversity of the party that rejects the extreme elements, that’s not the traditional GOP, and that’s what we have to come back to.”

Many Democratic lawmakers have called for censorship of Greene for his resignation. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) Said last week that she would move her office after being vocally harassed by Greene on Capitol Hill.