Asa Hutchinson says he won’t endorse Trump and won’t vote for Biden
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Former Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said Monday he will not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee for president, nor would he vote for President Joe Biden in November.
Former Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said Monday he will not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee for president, nor would he vote for President Joe Biden in November. “I have not endorsed Donald Trump for president, and I will not do so,” the former Arkansas governor wrote in a USA Today op-ed. Hutchinson, who was critical of Trump on the presidential campaign trail, argued in his op-ed that the former president had “disqualified” himself on January 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters attacked the US Capitol, and that Trump “continues to undermine our democracy by defending the actions of that dark day.” “Regretfully, Donald Trump has redefined the GOP in his image and has put personal ego above the common good,” Hutchinson wrote. He also accused Trump of embracing Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukrainian people, leaning into isolationism by “abandoning” NATO and US leadership on the world stage, and endorsing “economic protectionism” with his plan to impose tariffs on US allies and adversaries. “These ideas are not Republican principles but anathema to the success story conservative leaders have built over the last 50 years,” the former governor wrote.
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