Bezos’ Endorsement Gambit Backfires: Trump Files FEC Complaint Against WaPo
from the can-we-stop-the-stupidity? dept
Donald Trump just took his war on the free press to a new level of absurdity, filing an FEC complaint against the Washington Post for — wait for it — promoting its own reporting. Apparently, Bezos’ attempt to appease the MAGA crowd with his endorsement cop-out didn’t do the trick.
We had warned Jeff Bezos that his decision to capitulate-in-advance and block the Washington Post from publishing a Kamala Harris endorsement would lead Trump to push for even more. And now it’s here. The complaint claims that the WaPo’s decision to run ads promoting its reporting was “illegal corporate in-kind contributions” to Harris’ campaign.
