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Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement
The Guardian ^ | Sun 27 Oct 2024 | Michael Sainato

Posted on 10/27/2024 6:55:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.

Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.

Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned businesses that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.

And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris.

Friday’s announcement did not mention Amazon or Blue Origin. But within hours, high-ranking officials of the latter company briefly met with Trump after a campaign speech in Austin, Texas, as the Republican nominee seeks a second presidency.

Trump met with Blue Origin chief executive officer David Limp and vice-president of government relations Megan Mitchell, the Associated Press reported.

Meanwhile, CNN reported that the Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, had also recently reached out to speak with the former president by phone.

Those reported overtures were eviscerated by Washington Post editor-at-large and longtime columnist Robert Kagan, who resigned on Friday. On Saturday, he argued that the meeting Blue Origin executives had with Trump would not have taken place if the Post had endorsed the Democratic vice-president as it planned.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bezos; blueorigin; cnnfakenews; dissociatedpress; districtofcolumbia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; fakenews; grauniad; jeffbezos; limp; mediawingofthednc; michaelsainato; mitchell; newyorkslimes; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; tds; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 10/27/2024 6:55:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t think Jeff cares.


2 posted on 10/27/2024 6:58:44 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

But it’s not a problem for the media when Compost executives meet with Que Mala’s campaign staff before they issue an endorsement, right?


3 posted on 10/27/2024 6:59:29 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Trump be like, hey, you got your aerospace contracts, you stick with me

They were all smiling...


4 posted on 10/27/2024 7:03:18 PM PDT by baclava
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To: MinorityRepublican

It is time for the leftists at the Compost to take a stand against the Man.

Wildcat strike!

Lol.


5 posted on 10/27/2024 7:09:45 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: rktman

Jeff wants the USA to continue to fund his Space endeavor.


6 posted on 10/27/2024 7:17:15 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: MinorityRepublican

So a newspaper owner can’t withhold an endorsement, and he has to endorse democrats?

And business leaders can’t meet with Trump?

I didn’t know those were the rules.


7 posted on 10/27/2024 7:18:20 PM PDT by Williams (Let's Focus On Electing President Trump)
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To: rktman

Exactly.


8 posted on 10/27/2024 7:30:33 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just imagine if all the lunatic lefties quit the Washington Post and they hire intelligent people without TDS. Imagine a national paper that is not 100% dedicated to leftwing lies, hoaxes and propaganda. Imagine how much better informed this country could be.


9 posted on 10/27/2024 7:41:27 PM PDT by LizzieD
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To: MinorityRepublican

The leftists are starting to realize that President Trump is going to play hardball as he begins to treat them like they have treated him for 8 years.


10 posted on 10/27/2024 7:43:05 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.f)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The ho has over a billion bucks in her campaign “war chest”. Why didn’t the jackass just buy an endorsement from Bezos. Amazon has all the endorsements the retard needs.


11 posted on 10/27/2024 7:55:39 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Funny how the media handed the ball off to treasonous RINOs to carry Harris across the goal line)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement”

uh, yeah, like the 2nd richest person in the universe gives a shit ...


12 posted on 10/27/2024 8:39:40 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: MinorityRepublican

It doesn’t seem like Robert Kagan eviscerated anything because he quit. It’s pu$$y move.


13 posted on 10/27/2024 8:41:22 PM PDT by webheart
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tee-hee!! democrats are pissed!


14 posted on 10/27/2024 8:46:46 PM PDT by parisa
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To: Prince of Space

Yeah, its a problem when they are not under the thumb of the DNC.


15 posted on 10/27/2024 8:51:04 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: MinorityRepublican

How can a stupid writer/journalist know if a contract is ‘lucrative’? The Guardian is run by idiots and written by fools.


16 posted on 10/27/2024 9:06:38 PM PDT by Berkeley under cover (tag line: vanity whatever)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I guess the far-left girly men and their manly women were shocked to find out that they don’t own Bezos. Oh well.


17 posted on 10/27/2024 9:50:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Funny how the media handed the ball off to treasonous RINOs to carry Harris across the goal line)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This may be the true poll. When several MEGA Billionaires come out for Trump, I assume they know where we are headed.


18 posted on 10/27/2024 9:58:33 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: MinorityRepublican

They know Trump is going to win, and he’s taking names! They want to be on his good side when it comes to deals.


19 posted on 10/27/2024 11:00:13 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Paladin2

Harris’ wealth tax on unrealized capital gains, proposal would bankrupt Jeff.

He knows that. It is as simple as that.


20 posted on 10/28/2024 12:41:49 AM PDT by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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