Asa Hutchinson, GOP candidate, on 2024 race and fentanyl crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - On Sunday's episode of Face the Nation, 2024 GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson spoke with moderator Margaret Brennan on candidates over 75 taking a mental acuity test.
"You want a president to be in good health and in charge of...the country in a good mental state, but the test are not constitutional. And so, it's really something that's a throwaway line that catches people's attention. But the voters...I have a lot of confidence in that make the right decisions," Hutchinson shared.
During the interview, Brennan asked if Hutchinson would pardon former President Donald Trump, and he answered, "First of all, that should not be any discussion during a presidential campaign. You don't put pardons out there to garner votes. That is premature. Obviously, if there's a conviction."
Later in the interview, Brennan and Hutchinson touched on the fentanyl crisis in the United States.
"Well, it won't make any difference what schedule it is in terms of our enforcement activities. But right now, the precursor chemicals are coming from China and they have legitimate medical purposes. And so we want good reporting and requirements on what's being shipped out of China. We'd like to see it stop...particularly that, which is going to Mexico, but the key is Mexico because that's where the precursor chemicals are going. The cartels have it. They're making the fentanyl at the labs there, and Mexico can control both of those. We need greater support from Mexico. We need to use our economic pressure against Mexico so that they will cooperate us cooperate with us to a greater extent in fighting fentanyl," Hutchinson remarked.
