Liz Cheney says she has canceled her subscription to the Washington Put up after the publication introduced that it’s going to 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 Pageant on Saturday. She mentioned her experiences campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris forward of subsequent month’s election that pits Harris in opposition to former President Donald Trump. Cheney additionally addressed the Put up, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, asserting 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 mentioned onstage, “On the problem of the Washington Put up, look, to start with, it’s worry.” She continued, “When you’ve got Jeff Bezos apparently afraid to problem an endorsement for the one candidate within the race who’s a steady accountable grownup as a result of he fears Donald Trump, that tells you why we now have to work so exhausting to ensure that Donald Trump isn’t elected.”
She added, “And I feel additionally, why we must not overlook what has occurred, overlook who’s taken courageous and brave stands. And I canceled my subscription to the Washington Put up, simply saying.”
Cheney, who has been vocal for years in her criticism of Trump, is the newest notable determine to weigh in on the controversy surrounding the Put up’s lack of endorsement. Former Put up workers Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein criticized the choice on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday, whereas creator Stephen King famous Friday that he had canceled his Put up subscription after 5 years.
The Put up’s announcement adopted debate earlier within the week surrounding the Los Angeles Instances deciding to not endorse a presidential candidate within the 2024 race.