NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I BELIEVE WE NEED A COURSE CORRECTION IN THE PARTY. ASA HUTCHINSON, THE FORMER TWO TERM GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, NOW RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, MET WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER PRO TEM KIM RICE DIDN’T HOLD BACK WHEN DISCUSSING DONALD TRUMP’S DEPOSITION COMMENTS IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S CIVIL TRIAL. BUT I THINK HIS WORDS SUNK HIM AND I WAS APPALLED AT HIS WORDS. AND TO THINK THAT THAT WAS OKAY, I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WHAT HE SAID ABOUT CELEBRITIES AND HOW THEY SHOULD HAVE THE THE, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM TO SEXUALLY ABUSE SOMEONE THAT’S NOT OKAY AMONG THE FIELD OF DECLARED REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, HUTCHINSON IS OUTSPOKEN IN CALLING FOR THE VERDICT AGAINST TRUMP TO BE RESPECTED, AND HE’S BACKING UP KIM RICE. I AGREED WITH HER. I MEAN, SHE TOOK OFFENSE AT THE CONDUCT AND IS NOT EXCUSABLE AT AND AS REPUBLICANS, WE SHOULD NOT BE DEFENDING THAT CONDUCT. WE RECOGNIZE YOU CAN’T DEGRADE WOMEN. WE WANT TO UPLIFT WOMEN. HUTCHINSON SAYS HE DOESN’T CARE IF HE’S IN THE MINORITY CALLING OUT TRUMP. TO HIM, ACCOUNTABILITY IS ESSENTIAL TO RETURN THE GOP TO CORE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. IT’S IMPORTANT NOT TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE. AND AND WE’VE DONE TOO MUCH OF THAT. HUTCHINSON BRINGS TO THIS RACE AN EXTENSIVE RESUME OF PUBLIC SERVICE AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS AS WELL AS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT IN THIS PRIMARY, HE’S PORTRAYING HIMSELF AS THE INSURGENT CANDIDATE AGAINST THE TRUMPIST MOVEMENT, MAKING THE CASE THAT HE’S A FIGHTER WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. LEADERS SHOULD NOT GIVE IN TO ANGER. THEY SHOULD PROVIDE SOLUTIONS. AND THAT’S WHAT TO ME IS IMPORTANT, I