‘I’m Done’: Hugh Hewitt Abruptly Leaves Live Show After Calling Out WaPo Columnists For Making ‘Unfair Election Ad’
Talk-show host Hugh Hewitt walked out of a Washington Post webcast Friday after clashing with two of the paper’s columnists over their coverage of the presidential election, characterizing the livestream as an “unfair…
Talk-show host Hugh Hewitt walked out of a Washington Post webcast Friday after clashing with two of the paper’s columnists over their coverage of the presidential election, characterizing the livestream as an “unfair election ad.”
Hewitt and columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus discussed court rulings surrounding early voting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Virginia’s efforts to remove non-citizens from the voting rolls. Hewitt, who resigned from the Washington Post after the incident according to reports from the New York Post and Fox News, initially reminded Marcus and Capehart, who also hosts a weekend show on MSNBC, that they were “news people,” prompting Capehart to complain that Hewitt “lectured” him about reporting.
“I won’t come back, Jonathan, I’m done,” Hewitt responded. “I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of. You guys are working, that’s fine, I’m done.”
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Hewitt then walked off, leading to the show ending early. Earlier, Capehart and Marcus had portrayed Trump’s complaints about Bucks County as him trying to advance a narrative that he would only have lost due to cheating.