The former Republican governor has announced his candidacy for the US presidency

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Sunday that he will run for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. , in an interview with ABC News.

Hutchinson explained that the official announcement of his candidacy will be made later this month in Bentonville, Arkansas, but said he has already made his final decision because he believes the American people want a different kind of leadership. “For the past six months I have traveled the country asking what people want from our nation’s leadership. “I firmly believe that the American people want leaders who look for the best in America, not their worst instincts,” Hutchinson observed.

The politician, who left office this year after serving as governor of Arkansas for eight years, said Donald Trump “shouldn’t be the next president” of the United States – a former president who continues to lead the race to represent the Republican Party. 2024. Despite supporting Trump’s policies, Hutchinson was heavily criticized after the former president claimed fraud in the 2020 elections, in which the Republican Party lost to incumbent President Joe Biden, a Democrat. Hutchinson has repeatedly said Trump’s efforts to reverse the election hurt the country. And if Trump is the Republican nominee in the 2024 election, he believes Biden will win again.

The 72-year-old former governor was one of several Republicans who publicly called for Trump to abandon his presidential aspirations after being indicted by a grand jury in New York, calling the case a “disgrace” to America.

So far, in addition to Trump and Hutchinson, the Republican nominees are Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the UN; and businessman Vivek Ramasamy. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence are also expected to make their presidential bids official in the coming months.

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