Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he has qualified for the first GOP primary debate, which will take place Wednesday in Milwaukee. Trump is not expected to enter the debate stage.
ATLANTA — Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he has qualified for the, which will take place Wednesday in Milwaukee. Hutchinson joins a crowd of White House hopefuls looking for a breakout moment onstage.
Hutchinson, a vocal critic of GOP front-runner and former President Donald Trump, has pushed back against the pledge, saying he did not think it should be a requirement to participate in the debates. But he told Hunt on Sunday that he will sign it, saying that he's "confident that Donald Trump's not going to be the nominee."
Hutchinson has been among the most vocal critics of the RNC's debate qualification rules and said last month that some of the inventive gambits by his fellow candidates to attract the requisite donors "illustrate how silly this whole concept is."
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