{"id":1740715,"date":"2022-11-16T08:03:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1740715"},"modified":"2022-11-16T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:03:33","slug":"gop-gov-blasted-for-hinting-presidential-run-stay-home-and-back-someone-that-can-actually-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-gov-blasted-for-hinting-presidential-run-stay-home-and-back-someone-that-can-actually-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Gov Blasted For Hinting Presidential Run: \u2018Stay Home And Back Someone That Can Actually Compete\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-gov-blasted-for-hinting-presidential-run-stay-home-and-back-someone-that-can-actually-compete%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1740715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Outgoing Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson was slammed Tuesday night for hinting during former President Donald Trump\u2019s presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-trump-launches-third-bid-for-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> that he was considering his own run for president.<\/p>\n<p>Hutchinson became an outcast on the political Right after he vetoed a bill last year that banned minors from receiving gender reassignment services from medical providers, including hormone treatments and puberty blockers.<\/p>\n<p>The move was so unpopular that the Arkansas Legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arkansas-lawmakers-override-govs-veto-on-transgender-treatments-ban-for-minors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> to override his veto. He was subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gov-asa-hutchinson-appeals-to-buckley-reagan-to-defend-conservative-veto-of-bill-banning-puberty-blockers-for-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grilled<\/a> during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we expect an announcement from Mar-a-Lago tonight it is important to welcome new voices and ideas for our future,\u201d Hutchinson tweeted before Trump\u2019s speech. \u201cI intend to be one of those leaders working for solutions to the serious challenges ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is correct on Biden\u2019s failures, but his self-indulging message promoting anger has not changed,\u201d he tweeted during the speech. \u201cIt didn\u2019t work in 2022 and won\u2019t work in 2024. There are better choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2022\/05\/01\/governor-asa-hutchinson-arkansas-considers-presidential-run-2024-sot-sotu-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d that he was considering a presidential run and said \u201cBut you\u2019ve got to get through, of course, this year, but that\u2019s an option that\u2019s on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/local\/arkansas-governor-asa-hutchinsons-possible-presidential-run-2024-election-midterm-elections-president-arkansan-hutchinson-conservative-republican-moderate-candidate-department-of-homeland-security-drug-enforcement-administration-trump-alternate-america\">interview<\/a>, Hutchinson said, \u201cI plan to be in Iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire and so we\u2019re looking at 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to the tweets from Hutchinson, who is not even on the radar of polling firms tracking 2024 presidential contenders, was overwhelmingly negative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo these stupid people understand that if Republican voters are offered a choice between them and Trump, Trump will be chose [sic] a hundred times out of a hundred?\u201d political strategist Varad Mehta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/varadmehta\/status\/1592721735979503619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cYou have to give them a choice where they won\u2019t choose Trump. And that doesn\u2019t happen if Asa Hutchinson is an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are competing with Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo for Candidate I would Least Likely Vote for in The 2024 Republican Primary,\u201d political commentator BowTiedRanger tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You are competing with Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo for Candidate I would Least Likely Vote for in The 2024 Republican Primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BowTiedRanger (@BowTiedRanger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BowTiedRanger\/status\/1592691856164671491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat. You\u2019re not one of them and your running only helps Trump,\u201d conservative commentator AG Hamilton tweeted. \u201cStay home and back someone that can actually compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing weak is something the left depends on, Gov. This is not helping anything,\u201d Radio host Joe Pags tweeted. \u201cThe left will keep dunking on the right until people like you realize they\u2019re in it to win it. Stop with the nicey nice BS. Nancy Pelosi et al are depending on your being nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Child Sex Change wants a seat at the table. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L8QYq0CkB8\">https:\/\/t.co\/L8QYq0CkB8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PartymanRandy\/status\/1592718422042824709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 0% caucus expands<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rayyan (@batmandude461) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batmandude461\/status\/1592716336311910400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solutions like advocating for the chemical castration of children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jS0fBHfWCs\">https:\/\/t.co\/jS0fBHfWCs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rod D. Martin (@RodDMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RodDMartin\/status\/1592709455787225089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shut up squish <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5N6HucQnd\">https:\/\/t.co\/y5N6HucQnd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtSchlichter\/status\/1592697180430929920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please explain why you decided to let biological males compete in girls\u2019 sports <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/USr4ykTUqT\">https:\/\/t.co\/USr4ykTUqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/1592686490370609152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is immoral to run for an office you know you will lose at the expense of American donors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3otUef2iN\">https:\/\/t.co\/v3otUef2iN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fuller Chandler (@fullerchandler8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fullerchandler8\/status\/1592753232904065025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s new campaign comes after two years of Democrats controlling the White House and Congress, a unified government that helped fuel decades-high inflation and gas prices and historic levels of illegal immigration on the southern border. The Biden administration, notably, botched high-profile foreign policy decisions, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan \u2014 which fell to the Taliban almost immediately \u2014 and failed to completely end the COVID pandemic after promising to shut down the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s allies say he is the best choice for the party\u2019s nomination because he has already held the office and accomplished numerous feats during his administration, including strength on foreign policy, energy independence, a strong economy, a military that was being revamped and retooled for the wars of tomorrow, and his success in getting three conservative justices on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court justices have been a particular high point for conservatives, particularly following the demise of\u00a0Roe v. Wade\u00a0in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was largely considered to be the favorite for the Republican nomination heading into the 2024 cycle, and the day before the midterm elections \u2014 when Republicans were largely expected to easily ride a red wave into the majority in the House and Senate \u2014 he strongly hinted that his 2024 announcement would come the following week.<\/p>\n<p>But a poor showing by Republicans and some of Trump\u2019s high-profile handpicked candidates, combined with Trump\u2019s subsequent attacks on fellow Republicans, has led to some in the party cooling on him in post-election polling.<\/p>\n<p>One poll, commissioned by the Club For Growth, found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had overtaken Trump 48% to 37% in Iowa, 52% to 37% in New Hampshire, 56% to 30% in Florida, and 55% to 35% in Georgia. Trump had previously led<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson was slammed Tuesday night for hinting during former President Donald Trump\u2019s presidential announcement that he was considering his own run for president. Hutchinson became an outcast on the political Right after he vetoed a bill last year that banned minors from receiving gender reassignment services from medical providers, including &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1740719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1740715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1740719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}