Hugh Hewitt resigns as Washington Post columnist after storming off Paper’s live stream

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Conservative columnist Hugh Hewitt resigned Washington Post on Friday, shortly after leaving a stormy live stream debate New York Post reports.

Hewitt’s is the latest resignation to rock Post but this time unexpectedly from the right. It shows that Bezos’ crisis is not abating, but instead affects both sides of the political divide.

Hewitt left Posts show “First Look,” with liberal columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus, after a heated discussion about Donald Trump’s lawsuit over alleged voting irregularities in Pennsylvania.

Capehart started by asking Marcus if Trump “is laying the groundwork to contest the election by complaining that there was cheating in Pennsylvania?” He cited Trump’s lawsuit against Bucks County for alleged improprieties.

“No election can be fair in Donald Trump’s mind unless Donald Trump wins it,” Marcus said. When Hewitt tried to interject, Capehart said, “Let Ruth finish, Hugh.”

“Well, I just have to say, we’re news people, even if it’s the opinion section,” Hewitt said. “It needs to be reported. Bucks County was reversed by the court and told to open up extra days because they were breaking the law and telling people to go home. So that lawsuit was brought by the Republican National Committee and they succeeded… We are news people even though we have opinions and we have to report the whole story if we bring up part of the story.So yes he is upset about Bucks County but he was right and he won in court. That’s the story.”

After a pause, Capehart said, “I don’t appreciate being lectured about reporting when Hugh has come here many times to say a lot of things that are not based in fact.”

Hewitt then called the live stream the “most unfair election ad” he’s ever done and left the set.

Hewitt has been on Post since 2017. He also hosts a radio show where he recently interviewed Trump.

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The newspaper has come under fire this week over its owner Jeff Bezos’ decision not to allow it to endorse a presidential candidate.