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Trump Voters Need a New Direction
He might have been the only Republican who could beat Hillary in 2016. But he’s a sure loser in 2024.

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson hasn’t jumped as far into the political deep waters as U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney has, but he’s waded a lot farther than most Republican officeholders.

On “Fox News Sunday,” Hutchinson told host Bret Baier that he doesn’t believe former President Trump is “criminally responsible” for the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. However, he said Trump is “politically and morally responsible for much of what has happened.”

Hutchinson called the work by the select congressional committee investigating the riot “an important review.” He added that the American people don’t want to “focus on the past” and that Democrats are mistaken if they just “relitigate what they did in the impeachment.”

Hutchinson could have stopped there. He’d already said a lot. He went further in response to a question about his own party. I’ll quote his answer in its entirety.

“Well, I hope that the future of the Republican Party is different than former President Trump’s leadership,” he said. “I hope we move in a different direction. I believe that what happened on Jan. 6 is a lot at his feet. It was wrong for our country, and for him to continue to push that theory, I agree is the wrong direction for the Republican Party.

“I think there’s many Republicans that are looking for an off-ramp, new opportunities to find leadership in the future. Obviously what President Trump, there’s a lot of things that he did that were very good, that the base and I agree with, but he got off track on Jan. 6, and that was a costly error for our democracy, and I agree with a lot of the comments. He has responsibility there. We need to make sure that’s clear.

“I think Republicans need to do a lot of soul searching as to what is the right thing here, what is the right thing to say for our party and our democracy and our future, and not simply appeal to the basis instincts of some of our base.”

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“He is sort of a 1950s caricature of a woman,” she continued, in a barb clearly aimed at getting under Trump’s skin as he is known to be obsessed with masculinity.

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Originally posted by wtg:
I think "Jan 6" is the modern equivalent to "Watergate". It's shorthand that describes a whole series of troublesome activities and not meant to literally reference a single event.

You think there are people who don't know that?

edit: The only ones I know are the folks who want to bush off/excuse what happened, and that's easier to do if you narrow the discussion and then quibble about technicalities...