AdvertisementArkansas State Sen. Jim Hendren leaves Republican PartyHide TranscriptShow Transcript40/29'S YUNA LEE SPOKE WITH THE SENATOR TODAY ON HIS DECISION. ((YUNA ON CAM)) SENATOR JIM HENDREN IS A LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN.. THE SON OF A FORMER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER, NEPHEW OF CURRENT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON... AND EVEN SERVED AS THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE STATE SENATE... TODAY... HE TELLS ME, HE'S LEAVING THE GOP, TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT. ((TAKE SOT HENDREN 0:25)) "the events of the last four years and particularly the events of January the sixth and the response of our party...…AdvertisementArkansas State Sen. Jim Hendren leaves Republican PartyHide TranscriptShow Transcript40/29'S YUNA LEE SPOKE WITH THE SENATOR TODAY ON HIS DECISION. ((YUNA ON CAM)) SENATOR JIM HENDREN IS A LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN.. THE SON OF A FORMER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER, NEPHEW OF CURRENT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON... AND EVEN SERVED AS THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE STATE SENATE... TODAY... HE TELLS ME, HE'S LEAVING THE GOP, TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT. ((TAKE SOT HENDREN 0:25)) "the events of the last four years and particularly the events of January the sixth and the response of our party...WW…