Republican Governor of Arkansas said he would not support Trump’s 2024 candidacy

Arkansas Gov. Asa hutchinsonAsa HutchinsonSunday shows preview: CDC School reopening guidelines spark debate; Texas fights winter freeze Arkansas State Senator says quitting Arkansas Republican Party Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin quits gubernatorial campaign to run for attorney general PLUS (R) said on Sunday that he would not support the former President TrumpDonald Trump Governors in hot water over response to coronavirus DOJ investigates Alex Jones and Roger Stone played a role in riots on January 6: Did WaPo Biden simply endorse ‘the human rights with Chinese characteristics ”? AFTER whether he ran for the White House again in 2024, highlighting the deadly riot on the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union”, the Republican governor was questioned by the host Dana bashDana Bash Pass the bailout bill – with or without Republicans Portman says Republican leaders ‘should stand up’ against Greene’s comments Biden aides report the president is open to talks over the relief of the COVID-19 PLUS if he voted for Trump if the former president ran in 2024.

“No I will not. It’s about time, ”replied Hutchinson.

“He is going to have a voice … as the former presidents do. But there are a lot of voices in the party,” added the governor. “It shouldn’t define our future. We have to define it ourselves.”

Hutchinson’s statement is one of the strongest from a GOP governor breaking with the former president since the riot.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (right) has also expressed his wish for the Republican Party to quit Trump.

Aside from notable exceptions such as Rep. Liz cheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn Cheney White Christian Nationalism and the Next Wave of Political Violence Lee After Romney’s Impeachment Vote: There’s Enough GOP Room ‘for Us Both’ Political Purists Bring a ‘Culture of Cancellation’ to the Republican Party (Wyo.) Many Republican lawmakers have refused to blame Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results for the violence that unfolded last month.

Ten House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump for his role in the riot. Seven Republicans voted to convict Trump during his Senate trial, where the former president was ultimately acquitted.

Hutchinson was one of the few top GOP officials to recognize President BidenJoe Biden Nearly 70 dead in states with harsh winter weather: report Two more deaths confirmed in Louisiana linked to harsh winter conditions A lawyer who has filed a lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election results returned by a judge for discipline PLUSTrump’s victory in the days immediately following Trump’s election defeat in November, telling NBC’s “Meet the Press” at the time that he expected Trump “to have a voice in the party for a long time “.