Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has made it his mission to wrestle the Republican Party away from Donald Trump but can’t escape the former president’s shadow.
has said he won’t participate in the debate nor sign the loyalty pledge because of his commanding lead in the polls.
“I think the time for the self-loathing lovable loser Republican is over,” said Hogan Gidley, who served as a deputy press secretary in the Trump White House and cut his political teeth in Arkansas politics. “I think Asa oftentimes is fine playing the court jester in the kingdom of liberalism, and when you are trying to run a national race for president, you have to have at the very least a hook, politically.
“Forget charisma or relatability or strength. There is no real big agenda he can point to that resonates with the conservative base,” Mr. Gidley said. “, it seems, is trying to carve out an entirely separate lane of ‘I don’t like the former president, I don’t like many of his policies, so I am just going to kind of drive this busted-up, beaten hooptie down the road and hope voters come along and pimp my ride.
In response, Mr. Hutchinson said he hoped the conversation would get into “some issues.” Mr. Carlson countered that gender-affirming procedures on minors was “one of the biggest issues in this country, and every person in this room would agree.” Christian conservative activists in the audience applauded.“He seems like a candidate straight out the late ’90s and early 2000s of ‘Let’s forget the social issues, and let’s focus on tax cuts,’” Mr. Gidley said.
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