Asa Hutchinson: I Won’t Endorse Trump or Biden in 2024

Published on March 18, 2024

Former Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson says he won’t back either former President Donald Trump or President Joe Biden for the presidency in 2024. “I have not endorsed Donald Trump for president, and I will not do so,” Mr. Hutchinson wrote in an op-ed for USA Today. The former Arkansas governor accused the GOP of “clicking their heels in obedience to the victor and presumptive nominee” after President Trump’s defeat of each of his primary challengers. Mr. Hutchinson cited two reasons for his refusal to back his own party’s standard-bearer: First, “Trump embraces Putin instead of Ukraine freedom fighters.” And the second reason was President Trump’s alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach....

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