GOP Governor Calls Trump’s 2020 Election Fixing ‘Recipe for Disaster in 2022’

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (right) said on Sunday that former President Donald Trump’s ongoing comments on the 2020 election are “not constructive” and could be catastrophic for the GOP in the middle. 2022 route.

Hutchinson was asked on NBC’s “Meet The Press” about a statement by Trump released Wednesday that Republicans “will not vote” in the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential election unless the party does not “resolve” its refuted allegations of the 2020 electoral fraud.

“Challenging 2020 is a recipe for disaster in 2022,” Hutchinson said. “Let’s talk about the future. The election is over. He has been certified. States made decisions about the integrity of each of their elections and made improvements where needed. “

He added: “This is about the future. This is not the last election. And these kinds of comments are not constructive.

Hutchinson was one of a handful of sitting Republican officials to publicly acknowledge that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election in the weeks following the November 3 vote. At the time, most Republicans had remained silent or stood behind Trump as he refused to concede and bawled over alleged electoral fraud.

Almost a year after the election, Trump continues to devote considerable energy to advancing conspiracy theories that the election was stolen from him, despite dozens of unsuccessful court challenges, counts and audits that have confirmed Biden’s victory.

“If we reread 2020 over and over again, it won’t change the outcome in 2020, but we are sure to lose in 2024,” he said. “If we choose to move forward and provide positive solutions to the American people in need, we win. If we choose to be intimidated, we lose.