Liz Cheney says she has canceled her subscription to the Washington Post after the publication introduced that it’ll now not endorse presidential candidates.
The previous Republican Rep. from Wyoming spoke to The New Yorker editor David Remnick on the twenty fifth annual New Yorker Competition on Saturday. She mentioned her experiences campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris forward of subsequent month’s election that pits Harris towards former President Donald Trump. Cheney additionally addressed the Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, saying in an announcement Friday that the outlet is “returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” marking the primary time since 1988 that it has not endorsed one.
Cheney stated onstage, “On the issue of the Washington Post, look, first of all, it’s fear.” She continued, “When you have Jeff Bezos apparently afraid to issue an endorsement for the only candidate in the race who’s a stable responsible adult because he fears Donald Trump, that tells you why we have to work so hard to make sure that Donald Trump isn’t elected.”
She added, “And I think also, why we ought to not forget what has happened, forget who’s taken brave and courageous stands. And I canceled my subscription to the Washington Post, just saying.”
Cheney, who has been vocal for years in her criticism of Trump, is the most recent notable determine to weigh in on the controversy surrounding the Post’s lack of endorsement. Former Post workers Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein criticized the choice on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday, whereas writer Stephen King famous Friday that he had canceled his Post subscription after 5 years.
The Post’s announcement adopted debate earlier within the week surrounding the Los Angeles Instances deciding to not endorse a presidential candidate within the 2024 race.
