Florida Newspaper Apologizes for Endorsing Congressman Who Wants to Overthrow Election msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than 100 House Republicans have signed on to a Texas lawsuit trying to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win, and a local paper that endorsed one of them is now.
Florida Newspaper Apologizes for Endorsing Candidate Who Wants to Overturn Election
On 12/11/20 at 5:29 PM EST
The We apologize to our readers for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress. We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy, the apology began.
The newspaper cited Waltz as one of 10 Florida Republican members of Congress who signed on to support the lawsuit. As of Thursday, more than 100 House Republicans had backed the president s last-ditch efforts to challenge the election. During our endorsement interview with the incumbent congressman, we didn t think to ask, Would you support an effort to throw out the votes of tens of millions of Americans in four states in order to overturn a presidential election and hand it to the person who lost, Donald Trump? Our bad, the newspaper wrote.
Editorial Board apologizes for supporting Michael Waltz orlandosentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandosentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.