Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) talks about the future of Republican leadership, the Covid-19 pandemic and his future political aspirations during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.
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The sheer cowardice of the Republican Party is mind blowing
GQP has been failing America for 7 straight years.
"…then we're failing the American people." Governor, when have MTG, Gaetz, Gosar, Lake, Oz, Mastriano and the total of 147 GOP members of the House who voted NOT to certify Biden's Electoral College win ever cared about serving the American people? And Governor, you may be able to win on traditional Republican issues in Arkansas, but from 1932 to 1994 your party lost, lost, lost, lost, lost, won, lost, lost, lost, lost etc. in Congress. The American people may not agree with Biden on everything, but they sure don't agree with traditional Republican issues. That's why there was no 2020 platform but a focus on individual personalities and emotions, and why McConnell gave birth to a cow when Rick Scott tried to put out an honest party manifesto in 2022. The reason that the national GOP is all snark, sarcasm, weary condescension, much worse than the liberal elite can come up with, and anger and resentment, is that your policies don't work, haven't worked and won't work. How do I know? Let's look at your state under your leadership with a heavily Republican legislature to support you.
The richest county in Arkansas, the richest, mind you, stands below the national average in household income. All the other 74 counties are even below that. Life expectancy in Arkansas is sixth from the bottom among the 50 states. Arkansas under your leadership is fifth from the bottom in COVID vaccination rates, and eighth from the top in COVID death rates. Arkansas ranks second from the bottom in the percent of its citizens with college degrees. Shall I go on? What exactly do Republican policies do to serve the citizens of your state, aside from the 51,532 households out of 1,170,000, like your own, worth more than a million dollars?
That's what Republican policies produce. Are Arkansans masochists? They enjoy suffering and feeling like the rest of the country (except for Mississippi) is victimizing them? Is that how you and others in your party have taught and urged them to feel? Why else would they put up with this suffering when it is unnecessary?
Arrest every single MAGA
These are traitors to our nation
Keep blaming Biden but Republicans party in whole not having a policy for the American people just tax breaks for rich taken woman rights away not common sense gun laws look at Florida Republicans can carry a gun no license insane
…Republican House of Representatives…a ship without a Captain…
…there's an Executive…there's a Senate…there's a Judiciary…a House of Representatives…?
“Oath of Office: "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all Executive and Judicial Officers, both of the United States, and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath, or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no Religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office, or Public Trust under the United States.”
— U.S. Constitution, Article VI, clause 3."
"Members of the House take an Oath to Uphold the Constitution in a Group Swearing-in on the House Floor on the opening day of a new Congress. Often, they pose for Ceremonial Photos individually with the Speaker following the Official Swearing-In."
"The Oath used today has not changed since 1966 and is prescribed in Title 5, Section 3331 of the United States Code. It reads: “I, AB, do solemnly Swear (or Affirm) that I will Support and Defend the Constitution of the United States against all Enemies, Foreign, and Domestic;
that I will bear True Faith (Honesty), and Allegiance to the same; that I take this Obligation freely, without any Mental Reservation, or purpose of Evasion, and that I will Well, and Faithfully (Sincerely) discharge the Duties of the Office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
In contrast to the Presidential Oath, where it’s used only by Tradition, the phrase “So Help Me God” has been part of the Official Oath of Office for Non-Presidential Offices since 1862.
Current Practice:
Representatives usually take their Oath during the First Day of a new Congress, when the House organizes itself.
After the Speaker is Elected, the Member with the longest continuous Service (the Dean of the House) Administers the Oath to the Speaker. This tradition originated in the British House of Commons, and has been the Practice in the U.S. House since at least the 1820s (the Oath Act of 1789 did not Mandate it). The Speaker, in turn, Administers the Oath to the rest of the Members En Masse. The Speaker, or Speaker Pro Tempore, must Swear-In Members who miss the Mass Swearing-In Ceremony on the first day afterward; on rare occasions, the House has Authorized other Members, or Local Judges, to Swear-In absent Representatives."
Operate like the whole dem team and you can destroy a whole country
If you can't even find fault in Trump and his goons, then you serve no American.
The Republican Party “coming together” is how we got into trouble. Their tactic of all voting the same way is not democracy! Debate and dissent, even within a party, is a healthy way to represent the different views of many Americans across the nation.
There are a lot of dumees that really think the Jan 6 committee has Law Enforcement power….unbelievable! Smh
He's a smooth talker but his words are empty just like the heads of the voters that elected him.
Poor ol' Asa. Having to soft pedal his mealy mouthed responses because a stronger stance would have a flood of death threats from the MAGAts incoming.
The so called 'leaders' of the GOP really are held hostage by the radicalized maniacs they brewed up over the years with their lies and propaganda. Ignore the Frankenstein story at your peril, fools, and lie in the bed you made.
Did DeSantis call the vaccine “MNRA” on purpose—to sound uninformed/uneducated? Is this more of the know-nothing Republicanism that came in with the t word?
Liz Cheney is the best leader in the Republican Party. Why not admit it and be thankful she is in your party. Throw out the MAGA extremists and get back to old Republican values if the Party wants to survive.
“Maybe extreme”?
Liz Cheney for House Speaker!!
" operate as a team"? Why can't both parties work together for the benefit of us all? Unite together,, and not divide or focus on hate and trigger culture issues?
Every congressman every senator is elected to represent the constituents of their district. Not be a team.
this is BS. the Republican party will never change for the better. Conservatives values and/or ideologies are not enough to make a real transformative difference for the present and the future. Democrats too are not without reproach. If they lift title 42, it's going to create a lot of problems. A limit should be set for immigrants so that everyone knows, especially the immigrants themselves. I'm really sorry that so many immigrants are suffering and want a better life in the US, but it's a failure from their own respective country that should be addressed.
Why do you support a racist regime just go to YouTube and look up racial jungle and get the real insight into this administration
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Gerrymandering and Faux News gave the Repugnant Party a slim advantage in the House. As a former Republican with intelligence, I left the party in the 1990s when I saw the stirrings of white christian "nationalism" (aka Nazis). Nothing I had to say mattered. Now, I'm fully involved in the process as a liberal Progressive Democrat. I am happy to watch the GqP cannibaluze itself.
No they are nothing like the communist, I mean democrat, party where everyone agrees, or else. Any wonder why democrats with a brain are leaving the party.
Politicians in general are failing America and MSM is as well since they seem to think the country should be red or blue and that’s it. That’s not how the country was meant to run which is why we have state’s rights as well as many other facets. Trying to believe one party is in charge and should be responsible for making change is ignorant. Stop pointing fingers at the wrong stuff!
GQP should come up with productive ideas not just criticisms…maybe earn what they are getting paid for
Too bad Arkansas will never have another Bill Clinton.
Maybe we'll get lucky, and Putin will take over Washington then Americans will finally get lifesaving guaranteed healthcare for ALL like they have in Russia. Two parties owned by the same donors with no regard for human life.
Republicans are pieces of crap. Do these people actually believe what they say. Grown immoral white old men.
They are failing period. Just disgusting.
Be nice if these republicans told the truth about things
Lol. The only thing they are good at is obstruction. They've been failing the people for years .
Asa Hutchinson bring back the republicsn party that is dead from the neck up is your wake up call to stop dreaming and come back to reality .you might want to join the zombie party at least they know what they want to eat
Stop calling it the GOP.
Its just the OP now.
Asa should be the leader and can President from Republican party. He speaks like a genuine American
I disagree with ASA ……..the Republican party DOES operate as a team , brooking no dissent in the ranks …….when only 19 Republican vote for the Infrastructute Bill , and those 19 are labeled as " traitors " to the party ….there s something wrong …..Tell me those in red states don't need the Child Tax credits , money for child , or elder care , healthcare etc ……..Those in Congress are SUPPOSED to vote for the needs of their constituents …..not as a bloc …to obstruct needed legislation .
They do MUCH BETTER operating as a CULT!!
Mr. Todd, your narrative is, "Can't operate as a team?" They haven't taken office yet, have they? Then, what team did we have over the past two years? That wasn't a team. They were a committee. As I recall, The last congress was called the "January 6th Committee?"
Democrats (w/your help) 'bought' my vote twice. I still haven't been paid Mr. Todd. What happened? My student loan didn't get paid & Abortion wasn't ratified by Joe Biden. Now, I find out President Biden can't do that? NBC said he had the power to pay and ratify.
Then, these TWITTER FILES? I READ THEM, Have you Sir? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THESE? Mr. Todd, YOU sold out to the dollar. You are part of the machine. So, CHUCK! You & MSNBC can fool me once. You LIED to me & fooled me twice. CHUCK, I don't have ENOUGH student loan debt to SELL you or, MSNBC. I DON'T TRUST YOU… "UNSUBSCRIBED"
The GOP needs a continuous immigration crisis.
The brown & black boogeyman.
Caravans!
It's the fearmongering they need to motivate their base of bigoted white women & men.
They have no genuine interest in the border.
The GOP is for themselves & their multimillionaire/billionaire donors.
You can't fail the American people if you never wanted to help them in the first place.
This guy is a great republican, and the state of Ark. should be proud of his republican leadership.
Also. stop holding the snot rag!
So, Asa says focus on failures. Makes great sense, for drunks and… drunks?
Failing the American people regardless, what have they got to offer? tax cuts for the .01% and not much else other than hate.
Nobody could come up with a more ridiculous and idiotic screenplay as the liberals have come up the "insurrection".
– Why did Nancy – a woman who cannot even keep her own doors closed at the place where "her family" lives – why did that person not accept the offers Trump gave her to get National Guard protection?
– Where are all the videos in which Capitol police are "guiding" people into the Capitol?
– Where is that FBI informant who on video calls everybody to follow him and enter the Capitol?
– Had Trump said one word that could be "interpreted" as an invitation to walk into the Capitol?
– Violence – on whose side? Has any person who walked into the Capitol hurt policemen?
– Has a government agent shot an unarmed and harmless person who was standing around. No self-defense can be claimed. The shooter did not even see exactly who that person is but decided to fire into the crowd anyway. Why?
– No people – the time for Liz Cheynee is over. And the time – as the entire warmonger cabal – the Bush cabal – is planning – and irrespective of how much money FOX is paying to Karl Rove and Gowdey and Paul Ryan to act as "good republicans" and use their platform to drive a wedge between Trump and DeSantis for no other reason than to block MAGA and Trump.
And yes, Donald Trump is a dangerous man – he does not tolerate corruption, and no money can buy him.
The republican party will always lose. Due to people like mad marge.i think they should get another 4 or 5 mad Marge's. That should rapidly finish them