Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has run such a convincing campaign that his son-in-law’s newspaper put aside any concerns about a conflict of interest Tuesday in order to endorse him.
The editorial board of The New York Observer, a weekly newspaper owned by Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump’s daughter Ivanka, kicked off its endorsement by insisting it was based on the candidate’s merits and not his family connections.
“Donald Trump is the father-in-law of the Observer’s publisher,” the endorsement began. “That is not a reason to endorse him. Giving millions of disillusioned Americans a renewed sense of purpose and opportunity is.”
The Observer seemed to take a message out of Trump’s playbook, citing polls and a high voter turnout as evidence of the real estate mogul’s popularity. The publication also blamed the media for making excuses “for his success.”
The Observer changed its approach to covering Trump after it was reported that Kushner and Observer editor-in-chief Ken Kurson reviewed the businessman’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Heh – I recently noticed a Sanders supporter on TPM linking to an Observer article trashing HRC for something or another. Completely clueless about the Kushner connection. It reinforced my observation that a lot of the anti-HRC crap floating around Sanders circles is originally sourced from right wing outlets – but its laundered of its dirty origins by going through the purifying effects of repetition by progressives.
Some of the supposed Bernie supporters online seriously parrot a lot of Fox News-type talking points against Hillary. But sometimes they slip up and forget the role they are supposed to be playing. I’ve seen some of them call it the “Democrat party” instead of the “Democratic party.” Gee, I wonder where that obnoxious verbal tic is prevalent? lol
Dimwits.
For the publisher it is.
Whoever is writing these headlines is getting a bit frisky.
There’s this one and the one on Paul Ryan.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha… that is such a perfect characterization of Trump.