Willie Geist to Gov. Asa Hutchinson: Why Other Republicans Don’t Take on Donald Trump?

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GEIST: "Governor, good morning. As Joe says, you're talking like a pre-Trump conservative talking about issues that are important to Republicans and conservatives, or at least used to be. I’m wondering if you felt -- if you've you spoken out from time to time against Donald Trump you said his actions around January 6th and the election were disqualifying. You said it was a dereliction of duty, the way he acted on that day. And you said as a party Republicans shouldn't be talking about the past, shouldn't be talking about him, should be talking about issues. We've wondered many times why other Republicans don't take on Donald Trump at certain times. Have you seen any political consequences for speaking out when you have?"
HUTCHINSON: "No, I mean, certainly, it's important when I talk about unifying, you know, if you're a Republican leader you need to bring in that part of the base that has been very loyal to Donald Trump. I mean, there's issues that they care about, that I care about, but you've also got a fringe element that wants to tear down our democracy, and they want to simply dwell upon the past. We've got to move beyond that.”