Dallas Morning News Endorses Clinton – First Democrat in Over 75 Years
‘This Newspaper Has Not Recommended a Democrat for the Nation’s Highest Office Since Before World War II’
The Dallas Morning News has just endorsed Hillary Clinton, one day after urging Texas readers to not vote for Donald Trump.Â
“We don’t come to this decision easily,” the paper’s editorial board writes. “This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation’s highest office since before World War II — if you’re counting, that’s more than 75 years and nearly 20 elections.” The last Democrat the Dallas Morning News endorsed was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The Pulitzer Prize winning paper adds, “unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy.”
And it adds that her shortcomings “pale in comparison to the litany of evils some opponents accuse her of. Treason? Murder? Her being cleared of crimes by investigation after investigation has no effect on these political hyenas; they refuse to see anything but conspiracies and cover-ups,” adding, “her errors are plainly in a different universe than her opponent’s.”
On Trump, the paper says his “values are hostile to conservatism. He plays on fear — exploiting base instincts of xenophobia, racism and misogyny — to bring out the worst in all of us, rather than the best. His serial shifts on fundamental issues reveal an astounding absence of preparedness. And his improvisational insults and midnight tweets exhibit a dangerous lack of judgment and impulse control.”
On Tuesday a Washington Post poll placed Texas in the tossup column, with Clinton beating Trump by one point.
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