Governor Eartha Hutchinson said Arkansas will end enhanced unemployment benefits on June 26.
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Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he announced Sunday.
“I hear people talking about leadership in our country. I’m sure people want leaders who appeal to America’s best, not just America’s worst instincts.”
Hutchinson said his experiences, messages and hopes for the future will resonate with Americans. He said he plans to campaign and be “anywhere” once he officially announces his bid for the presidency later this month.
Former President Donald Trump is also running for president in 2024. A grand jury in New York voted on Thursday to indict Trump in connection with paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money ahead of the 2016 election, and Hutchinson said the indictment would not come from Trump. reasons for withdrawing from the election campaign.
Mr Hutchinson said Trump’s indictment was a “sad day for America” but also a “huge distraction”. He said it’s important to maintain integrity in public office, so Trump should focus on his due process.
“If we are looking at the presidency and the future of our country, I believe there should be no need for that distraction and he should be able to focus on the legal issues facing him.
Hutchinson has been governor of Arkansas since 2015 and has positioned himself as an alternative to Trump. His successor, Trump’s former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was sworn into office on Jan. 10 and given the freedom to pursue a challenge for the presidency.
Hutchinson has been pushing for Trump to drop out of the primary since Trump was indicted on Thursday.Hutchinson shared the statement on Twitter It said Trump “shouldn’t be the next president,” and he echoed that sentiment. Interview with NPR The Saturday before repeating again on ABC’s “this week” Sunday.
Hutchinson has also served as Undersecretary of Homeland Security and Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration. He was also a U.S. Representative and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas.
