{"id":1965416,"date":"2023-07-06T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-far-behind-on-donors-needed-to-make-rnc-debate-stage\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T10:32:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:32:48","slug":"asa-hutchinson-far-behind-on-donors-needed-to-make-rnc-debate-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-far-behind-on-donors-needed-to-make-rnc-debate-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Asa Hutchinson lags in donors for RNC debate stage."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fasa-hutchinson-far-behind-on-donors-needed-to-make-rnc-debate-stage%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=1965416&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--><h2>Republican Candidate Asa Hutchinson Struggles to Qualify for 2024 Debate Stage<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is facing a challenge in his bid to make the GOP&#8217;s 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-should-have-stepped-up-president-trump-goes-off-on-bill-barr-over-his-silence-on-hunter-biden-video\/\" title=\"\u201cBill Barr Should Have Stepped Up!\u201d \u2013 President Trump Goes Off on Bill Barr over His Silence on Hunter Biden (VIDEO)\">debate stage<\/a> in August. He recently revealed that he does not have the required number of donors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be very straightforward with you \u2014 I&#8217;m not there yet,&#8221; Hutchinson said on Hugh Hewitt&#8217;s radio show on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hewitt pressed Hutchinson on his progress in meeting the Republican National Committee&#8217;s donor threshold. Hutchinson responded, &#8220;We&#8217;re about 5,000. So we got, again, more work to do. We&#8217;ve got time to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The RNC rules state that all GOP presidential campaigns must have a minimum of 40,000 donors for their candidate to qualify for the Aug. 23 debate in Milwaukee. Additionally, the RNC requires at least 200 unique donors from 20-plus states and\/or territories.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This bothers me that the RNC has set this artificial line that you&#8217;ve got to cross in order to qualify for the debate. We ought to be more expansive than that rather than restrictive,&#8221; Hutchinson added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hutchinson declined to disclose the amount of money he raised in the Federal Election Commission&#8217;s second quarter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We had a good quarter. I&#8217;m not competitive with, you know, Donald Trump,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, that&#8217;s our focus right now. It&#8217;s not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-far-behind-on-donors-needed-to-make-rnc-debate-stage\/\" title=\"Asa Hutchinson lags in donors for RNC debate stage.\">necessarily large donors<\/a>. We need small donors in order to get on that debate stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has raised over $35 million during the second quarter and remains the front-runner in the 2024 primary.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fundraising challenges, Hutchinson reiterated that he would not pledge his support to Trump if he becomes the GOP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-pressure-strengthened-desantis-decision-to-ban-biological-males-from-womens-sports-spox-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Woke\u2019 Pressure \u2018Strengthened\u2019 DeSantis Decision To Ban Biological Males From Women\u2019s Sports, Spox Says\">2024 presidential nominee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t expect to support Donald Trump,&#8221; Hutchinson told Hewitt. &#8220;I do not believe he is the right one to lead our country, and we&#8217;re gonna have a massive loss if he is the nominee,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson may not qualify for the GOP&#8217;s 2024 debate stage in August due to insufficient donors. 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