A Republican presidential candidate has denied supporting the former president donald trump even after signing the RNC’s pledge to support the candidate.
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Asa Hutchinson refuses to endorse Donald Trump for the presidency
Former Governor of Arkansas and Republican presidential candidate 2024 Asa Hutchinson has indicated he will not support former President Donald Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee.
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In an interview on Sunday, the former governor was asked if he would support Trump if he won the Republican nomination. Like a Hutchinson replied, “I don’t expect it to be Donald Trump.”
He continued, “I’m not even sure he’s qualified to be the next president of the UNITED STATES. So you cannot ask us to support someone who may not even be qualified under our Constitution.”
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Hutchinson qualified for the first Republican debate scheduled for Wednesday, which Trump had said he would not attend.
He signed the RNC (Republican National Committee) commitment to support the Republican candidate, whoever it is, which is one of the criteria for qualifying the RNC to participate in the first debate, but the former governor has previously said he does not expect Trump to be the nominee.
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While announcing his qualification for the debate, Hutchinson said, “I will sign the pledge. I am convinced that Donald Trump will not be the candidate of the party, and I have always supported this candidate. So I’m going to sign the pledge and be there.
In a recent interview, Asa Hutchinson pointed out that the former president could be disqualified from running for president because of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibits anyone who has ever been sworn from holding government office if they have engaged in an insurrection or a rebellion against the United States. States.
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Section 3 of the 14th Amendment speaks of “disqualification from holding office” and states: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military , under the United States. States, or under any State, who, having previously been sworn, as a Member of Congress, or as an Officer of the United States, or as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of any State, or as that executive or judicial officer of any State, to uphold the Constitution of the United States, must have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against it, or rendered aid or comfort to its enemies. But Congress can, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove this handicap. »
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Hutchinson argued that Trump is ineligible for the presidential office due to his alleged attempts to instigate an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, after his false allegations of voter fraud.
Many assume that Trump is qualified to become president of the United States in 2024, as the former president faces multiple charges over his four terms. indictments.
Two conservative law professors, Michael Stokes Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas and William Baude of the University of Chicagoshared their views on Trump’s eligibility to run for the White House.
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They noted that Trump is ineligible to become President of the United States unless two-thirds of Congress votes to grant him a pardon for engaging in an insurgency as mandated by the Constitution.
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In many polls, Hutchinson scores below 1%, far behind Trump, who leads the GOP nomination polls.
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