‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’: Larry Sabato Torches Washington Post for Not Endorsing a Candidate

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SABATO: “It certainly doesn’t matter to voters. Look, the Washington Post endorsement or the L.A. Times endorsement, if it affects 10 people for president, I’d be surprised. It can — endorsements do matter for local races because people really don’t know the names and the issues. But for president, this is a joke. It doesn’t affect the voters, but I’ll tell you what it does affect, is the reputation of the institution. And the former executive editor Martin Baron had some very interesting comments on Twitter. Some people call it X, I call it Twitter. About Martin Baron, about the Washington Post, because he went after the Post like crazy. And remember what their slogan was, Katy? Democracy dies in darkness. Boy, that’s a good one. Talk about irony. Democracy dies in darkness. And so they decided to go dark for the rest of the campaign, at least editorially. A lot of courage out there these days. Loads of courage.”