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☆ Asa Hutchinson drops out of GOP primary, with Trump, Haley and DeSantis remaining
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Asa Hutchinson speaks during the Florida Freedom Summit held at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Florida, on Nov. 4, 2023. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday suspended his Republican presidential campaign, a day after finishing a distant sixth place in the GOP's Iowa caucuses. Hutchinson's departure narrows the Republican primary field to just former President Donald Trump, who won Iowa in a landslide; Florida Gov. Hutchinson defended his campaign message of being a principled Republican with experience and telling the truth about the current front-runner. Hutchinson won just .2% of the votes in the Iowa caucuses, or 191 caucusgoers.

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After an anemic showing in the Iowa caucuses, long-shot GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson abandoned his bid for the presidential nomination Tuesday, saying he was “driving back to Arkansas” and suspending his campaign. And he angered GOP primary voters with his criticism of Trump. "Asa Hutchinson would have been a relevant and potentially competitive presidential candidate in the pre-MAGA era. In mid-November, Hutchinson crowed about making the Michigan GOP primary ballot, suggesting he was in it for the long haul. Hutchinson was one of the most outspoken GOP critics of Trump.

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☆ So far, none of the GOP presidential candidates has been willing to confront Trump in person. It may have been their death knell.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump has not shown up to five straight GOP presidential debates. At no point did any of his competitors try to confront him in person during his counterprogramming. When trailing in polls by more than 40 points, campaigns need to try something, anything different. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Instead, by playing it safe pre-Iowa Caucus, if Trump wins, his opponents and their campaigns need only look internally as to why.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump's press secretary, on Monday endorsed his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. It’s normal versus crazy, and President Biden and the left are doubling down on crazy," Sanders said in a statement. He had called on the former president to drop out of the race after Trump was indicted in March by a grand jury in New York. Trump publicly encouraged Sanders to run for governor when she left the White House in 2019 to return to Arkansas. As a candidates and after taking office, Sanders adopted many of his targets, including critical race theory and the media.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy once kicked Matt Gaetz out of his cabin at Camp David, Cassidy Hutchinson says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kevin McCarthy once kicked Matt Gaetz out of his cabin at Camp David, Cassidy Hutchinson said. Hutchinson said McCarthy told Gaetz to "get lost" when he showed up uninvited to a gathering. AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Kevin McCarthy once kicked Rep. Matt Gaetz out of a gathering at his Camp David cabin, Cassidy Hutchinson said on a Wednesday night appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Matt Gaetz was not included," Hutchinson told Kimmel, adding that she was one of the last to arrive at the soirée. "And then, Matt Gaetz got him kicked out of the House," Kimmel joked, referring to McCarthy being ousted from his role as Speaker of the House.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says Ted Cruz told her not to be a 'tattletale' after she complained to Mark Meadows that Cruz crashed a Trump tarmac arrival in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cassidy Hutchinson, in her new memoir, recounted her dismay with Ted Cruz over a 2020 incident. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in her new memoir, said that Sen. Ted Cruz told her not to be a "tattletale" after she vented to Mark Meadows about him showing up to greet President Donald Trump at a tarmac arrival in Texas. In the memoir, Hutchinson described her plan to have Republican Gov. As a top aide to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Hutchinson said she wasn't impressed by Cruz's actions. "That was the last time I spoke to Ted Cruz," she added.

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☆ Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson says Matt Gaetz once came on to her by touching her chin with his thumb and calling her a 'national treasure'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cassidy Hutchinson says in her new book that Matt Gaetz once came on to her. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson has accused Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida of coming on to her by stroking her chin and making an inappropriate comment. "He explained that he was lost and asked me to escort him to his cabin," Hutchinson wrote of Gaetz. "Matt Gaetz, in my opinion, is somebody that I personally do not hold in high regard in terms of trust, and I do not think that Matt Gaetz has the best track record for relationships," Hutchinson said. "I will say, on behalf of myself, I never dated Matt Gaetz.

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☆ Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson says she didn't recognize NBA icon Charles Barkley after he thanked her for testifying
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hutchinson was approached by Charles Barkley but was unaware of his identity, per her new book. Hutchinson said her lack of knowledge about Barkley was "embarrassing," but she found humor in the situation. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson admits that her knowledge of basketball greats might be rather terrible. "Cassidy, you're trying to tell us you don't know who Charles Barkley is?!" "'You're embarrassing me,' I said.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson: Trump is the 'most grave threat' to American democracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“I think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history,” Hutchinson told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview Tuesday. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson speaks to CNN's Jake Tapper in New York on Tuesday, September 26. Laura Oliverio/CNN“The counts that Donald Trump is currently facing – he is facing counts of obstructing the Constitution – to me that is disqualifying. Donald Trump should be disqualified from being the president of the United States – to me that’s not a question,” Hutchinson said. “But I’m not confident he’s a good leader for the Republican Party because he’s a talking head for Donald Trump.

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☆ Mark Meadows denies saying 'we killed Herman Cain' after the infamous maskless indoor Trump rally in Tulsa
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cassidy Hutchinson writes in her new book that Mark Meadows declared "we killed Herman Cain." But a Meadows spokesman says he was "expressing exasperation" about the media blaming Trump. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen former President Donald Trump infamously held a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the summer of 2020, Herman Cain was in the audience. But this isn't the first time that the phrase "we killed Herman Cain" seemingly originated from top brass in the Trump White House. According to Jonathan Karl's book on the Trump White House, "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show," an unnamed senior Trump official told a reporter that "we killed Herman Cain," and that many other Trump White House staffers blamed themselves for Cain's death.

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☆ Mark Meadows had never drunk alcohol before he accidentally downed 3.5 White Claws in the White House, Cassidy Hutchinson says in new book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Meadows accidentally got tipsy at the White House for the first time, according to Cassidy Hutchinson's book. Meadows never drank alcohol before he downed White Claw at the White House in 2020, according to Hutchinson. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump's onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows never drank alcohol in his life before he accidentally got tipsy off multiple cans of White Claw in the White House, ex-Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson said in her new memoir. According to Hutchinson, Meadows explained that he was sitting with Vought and "started to get thirsty." I'm drinking alcohol on a Monday morning, and I've never even had a drink before," Meadows said, according to Hutchinson's book.

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Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says she once encountered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell exploring the White House unescorted
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cassidy Hutchinson said she once ran into Mike Lindell walking around the White House unescorted. She says Lindell said: "We can still win," referencing an effort to overturn Biden's 2020 victory. Hutchinson wrote about the interaction in her forthcoming book. Lindell was a fixture in the conservative push to overthrow now-President Joe Biden's electoral win immediately after the election that November. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat same day, Lindell was captured on the grounds of the White House by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford, where the executive held a set of notes detailing his agenda during a meeting with Trump.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says Mark Meadows burned so many documents before leaving the White House that the then-chief of staff's wife complained about dry-cleaning bills to remove the 'bonfire' smell: repo
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hutchinson in her new book and during a New York Times interview described a White House steeped in paranoia. Hutchinson alleged that Meadows burned files in his fireplace, which ran up his dry-cleaning costs. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Giuliani and Eastman were two of the most vocal backers of former President Donald Trump's debunked claims regarding the 2020 election. In the memoir, Hutchinson wrote of how she felt "a creeping sense of dread that something really horrible [was] going to happen" on January 6.

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☆ Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson says Rudy Giuliani groped her before Jan. 6 Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rudolph Giuliani speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 1, 2020. Kevin Lemarque | ReutersFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in a new book says ex-President Donald Trump's then-lawyer Rudy Giuliani groped her on Jan. 6, 2021, The Guardian reported Wednesday. Hutchinson writes that Giuliani — who is 52 years older than her — put his hand "under my blazer, then my skirt" on that day, according to the report. I lower my eyes and watch his free hand reach for the hem of my blazer," Hutchinson writes. "I fight against the tension in my muscles and recoil from Rudy's grip," Hutchinson writes.

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☆ Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson alleges Rudy Giuliani groped her on the day of the Capitol riot while another Trump lawyer watched
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ex-Trump WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims that Giuliani groped her on the day of the Capitol riot. She said another former Trump lawyer, John Eastman, witnessed the incident and gave her a "leering grin." In the memoir, Hutchinson wrote of how she felt "a creeping sense of dread that something really horrible [was] going to happen" on January 6. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I find Rudy in the back of the tent with, among others, John Eastman," she wrote, according to The Guardian. "Mayor Rudy Giuliani will pursue all appropriate legal action against this disgusting lie."

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☆ Trump says he doesn't worry about going to jail: 'I don't even think about it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"I don't even think about it," Trump, who has been indicted four times this year, said when asked if he worries about prison at night. NBC News has also extended an invitation to President Joe Biden to sit down with Welker for an interview. "First of all, I had very little to do with Jan. 6," Trump said. The officer didn't say that "because of riots," Trump said, alluding to the threat to a president. Welker asked Trump to confirm he was disputing Hutchinson's account.

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☆ Trump team trolls DeSantis with debate bingo card featuring 'pudding mention,' 'Dee-Santis,' and 'Duh-Santis'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis of Florida. Ron DeSantis of Florida even as the ex-president is set to skip the high-stakes event. In Trump's efforts to poke at the different pronunciations of DeSantis' last name, the cards also included both "Dee-Santis" and "Duh-Santis." AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter Trump mocked DeSantis over the issue earlier this summer, DeSantis lashed out at the former president, calling him "petty" and "juvenile." Insider has reached out to the DeSantis campaign for comment.

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☆ Defending champions U.S. beat Canada in CONCACAF Nations League final
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 18 (Reuters) - The United States beat Canada 2-0 on Sunday in Las Vegas to secure their second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title. First-half goals from Chris Richards and Folarin Balogun were enough to give the United States the victory in their first meeting with Canada in a tournament final. Richards opened the scoring when he headed home a Gio Reyna corner in the 12th minute. Reyna was again the provider in the 34th minute when his through ball was dispatched by Balogun into the bottom corner. Mexico beat Panama 1-0 earlier on Sunday in the third-place match.

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☆ Asa Hutchinson to run for president, urges Trump to drop out
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Doina Chiacu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I have made a decision, and my decision is I'm going to run for president of the United States," Hutchinson said. Trump remains popular among many Republicans despite becoming the first former U.S. president to be indicted on criminal charges. "I think it's a sad day for America that we have a former president that's indicted," Hutchinson said. Asked whether Trump should step aside, Hutchinson said, "Well, he should, but at the same time, we know he's not." Hutchinson was a former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and a Homeland Security official under President George W. Bush.

☆ Former GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, says Trump's campaign message is bad for the party: 'We don't need to be led by arrogance and revenge'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Asa Hutchinson said Trump's campaign message of "revenge" is bad for the party. Asa Hutchinson said former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign message is bad for Republicans. Hutchinson, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday that he thinks more voices countering Trump's message is the "best thing in the right direction." "We need to have alternatives again to Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a known quantity.

Ali Alexander said he believed White House wanted him to lead rallygoers to Capitol "Stop The Steal" organizer Ali Alexander believed the White House wanted him to lead attendees of Trump's Jan. 6 rally to the Capitol, the report said. Alex Jones, who has claimed the White House told him to lead the march, texted Wren at 12:27 p.m. Finally one of the staffers told Trump they thought he should focus on his speech. Trump told Jan. 6 demonstrators at the Capitol in a Twitter video that he loved them but that they should go home. The information was expected to be available as soon as Thursday — the day the House Jan. 6 committee is set to issue its final report on the riot.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson secretly back-channeled with the Jan. 6 committee before blindsiding her Trump-aligned lawyer in a bombshell deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Hutchinson told the panel that her Trump-aligned lawyer advised her to mislead lawmakers. ""Look, we want to get you in, get you out," Hutchinson said Passantino told her before the appearance. Reach out to them," Hutchinson told the panel, paraphrasing what Passantino told her of a job offer connected to former top Trump aide Jason Miller. Hutchinson said she told Farah, who was also a former House aide, to back channel with the January 6 committee. Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson arrives for her public testimony in front of the January 6 committee.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson knew she was going to be 'nuked' for turning on Trump. She did it anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

“I was scared,” she told committee investigators last September in sworn testimony. “I almost felt like at points Donald Trump was looking over my shoulder.”“I was scared. “I want to make this clear to you: Stefan never told me to lie," she told the committee. Her Trumpworld lawyer, Passantino, was not happy, she said, and began frantically calling his colleagues to do damage control. “I’m about to be f------ nuked,” she said she told a committee staffer as she left that third meeting.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson Googled "Watergate" to help decide whether to cooperate with January 6 committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The committee released a 138-page interview with Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide in the Trump White House. According to Hutchinson's testimony, released by the committee this morning, Passantino had pushed Hutchinson to give the committee as little information as possible. Hutchinson felt guilty that she wasn't giving the committee the whole truth. "So then I'm like, 'Oh shit," the 26 year-old Hutchinson told the committee. "The emphasis he placed on the moral questions that he was asking himself resonated with me," Hutchinson told the committee.

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