Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson
Asa HutchinsonSunday shows preview: CDC school reopening guidance stirs debate; Texas battles winter freeze Arkansas state senator says he's leaving Republican Party Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin drops gubernatorial campaign, to run for attorney general MORE (R) called on President Biden
Joe BidenClose to 70 dead in states with severe winter weather: report Two more deaths confirmed in Louisiana related to severe winter weather Lawyer who filed suit to reverse 2020 election results referred by judge for discipline MORE to give greater control of vaccine distribution efforts to states on Sunday, echoing suggestions he made with other governors in a letter to the White House urging greater communication between state and federal officials.
Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," Hutchinson said that the Biden administration's handling of the federal vaccination efforts had been "seamless" so far. He added, however, that administration officials on could do more to coordinate with state counterparts who in some cases are shipping vaccines to the same pharmacies and health care facilities to which federal vaccine allotments are being sent.
"Give it to the states, we'll get it out...it's easier to coordinate that way," Hutchinson said Sunday.
"We're going to continue to increase getting those doses out," he added of state efforts to ramp up vaccine distribution.
During the interview, Hutchinson was also asked about a recent decision by his nephew, an Arkansas state senator, to leave the Republican Party in response to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Hutchinson responded that he respected his nephew's decision and agreed that former President Trump
Donald TrumpGovernors in hot water over their coronavirus response DOJ investigating whether Alex Jones, Roger Stone played role in Jan. 6 riots: WaPo Did Biden just endorse 'human rights with Chinese characteristics'? MORE should not be the standard-bearer of the GOP.
"No I wouldn't," Hutchinson said when asked by CNN's Dana Bash
Dana BashPass the rescue bill — with or without Republicans Portman says Republican leadership 'ought to stand up' against Greene's comments Biden aides signal president is open to talks on COVID-19 relief MORE if he would support Trump's nomination in 2024.
"We have to have many different voices [in the party], and in my view we can't let him define us for the future," the governor said. "It would just further divide our country and it would hurt our Republican Party."
Hutchinson has been one of a handful of GOP elected officials to publicly break from the former president in the weeks following the Capitol riot; many Republican members of Congress have avoided issuing pointed criticism of the president in the wake of the violence.
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