Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R, said Sunday that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on Capitol Hill 'disqualifies' Donald Trump from winning the 2024 GOP nomination.
"I do not believe that Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States. I think he's had his opportunity there. I think Jan. 6 really disqualifies him for the future. And so, we move beyond that. And that's what I want to be focused on," Hutchinson, who will soon travel to the early primary state of Iowa, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
"I want to see what the alternatives are. And it's premature, Jonathan, to get into what might happen in 2024. That issue will come up. But I want to see everything I can do to make sure there is the alternative and that Donald Trump is not the nominee of the party. That's the first thing, and let's figure out how to do that," Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson has consistently said he does not think Trump should be the 2024 nominee but acknowledged in his "This Week" interview that the former president remains the "front-runner," citing recent polling and his name recognition from his celebrity status and four years in the White House. Hutchinson has strongly suggested that he'll make a run of his own after Trump launched his third presidential campaign in November. But he told Karl that there was nothing to announce yet.
"He does not define the Republican Party. And we have to have other voices. ... It's an opportunity for other voices to rise that's going to be problem-solving, commonsense conservatives. And they can shape the future of the Republican Party but also provide the right counterbalance toBiden's failed policies. And, to me, that's what we have to do in 2023," Hutchinson said.
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