Conservative radio host and Washington Post columnist Hugh Hewitt quit the paper after seven years.
Hewitt quit after an explosive confrontation with Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus over the election.
I don’t blame Hewitt one bit:
CAPEHEART: Is it me, or does it seem like this week Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for contesting the election by complaining that cheating was taking place in Pennsylvania, by suing Bucks county for alleged irregularities. And this is on top of his continual assertion that if he loses it’s because of cheating.MARCUS: Yeah. He’s been laying the groundwork for this, just not in the last week, but in the last “umpty yump” months. No election can be fair unless, in Donald Trump’s mind, unless Donald Trump wins it. And I think we are going to see him both rev up his supporters to contest elections outside of courtrooms and go to every courtroom he can in America where it’s relevant to make whatever arguments he can, no matter how far fetched we saw…But it didn’t work out. That may not happen this time.CAPEHEART: And now I’ll let you go. Hugh.HEWITT: Well, I just got to say we’re news people, even though we’re at the opinion section, it’s got to be reported. Bucks County was reversed by the court and instructed to open up extra days because they violated the law and told people to go home. So that lawsuit was brought by the Republican National Committee, and it was successful. The Supreme Court ruled that Glenn Youngkin was successful. We are newspeople, even though we have opinions, we have to report the whole story if we bring up part of the story. So, yes, he’s upset about bucks County. But he was right. And he won in court. That’s the story. I’ll let you keep going, Jonathan.CAPEHEART: No. I just don’t appreciate being lectured about reporting. Many times you come here saying lots of things that aren’t…HEWITT: I won’t come back, Jonathan. I’m done. I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of. You guys are working. That’s fine. I’m done.
I mean, what wasn’t true about Hewitt’s statement?
Hewitt told Fox News Digital that he only wrote a column “every six weeks or so.” I think he was the only pro-Trump person at the paper.
I wonder if Jeff Bezos will be mad because he wants the paper to hire more conservative opinion writers.
We all know Jennifer Rubin doesn’t count.
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