A former governor will run for president in 2024

Asa Hutchinson has announced that he will run for US president, becoming the first Republican candidate to call for former president and 2024 frontrunner Donald Trump to drop out of the race due to the indictment against him. Hutchinson argued that Trump's legal troubles are too distracting for him to effectively run the country, while acknowledging that he would not have brought the still-sealed charges if he had been the prosecutor. He stressed that he wanted to be able to speak to Trump voters and elements of the party who might feel uncomfortable with Trump's "bad instincts". He declined to lay out any policy points more specific than "consistent conservatism," increasing border security, fixing the economy, and resuming a place of leadership in the world. Other challengers have maintained a united front with Trump following his indictment on Thursday, with Mike Pence calling the indictment an "outrage" and Nikki Haley suggesting the case was more about revenge than it is justice.