Detroit News Endorses Gary Johnson in First Ever non-GOP Endorsement

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Johnson Now Has 5 Newspaper Endorsements

By: Elias J. Atienza

The Detroit News editorial board has endorsed Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson. It is the fifth newspaper endorsement Gary Johnson has received and it is the largest newspaper to endorse him. The Detroit News previously wrote that Johnson was a “voice for free markets” earlier this month.

Said The Detroit News:

Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every time it has made a presidential endorsement (three times we have sat on the sidelines — twice during the Franklin Roosevelt elections and in the 2004 Bush/Kerry contest).

We abandon that long and estimable tradition this year for one reason: Donald J. Trump.

The 2016 nominee offered by the Republican Party rubs hard against the editorial board’s values as conservatives and Americans. Donald Trump is unprincipled, unstable and quite possibly dangerous. He can not be president.

His Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, has an impressive resume and a presidential bearing. And although we disagree with her nearly across the board on the issues, we acknowledge she has the temperament to be commander-in-chief and leader of both a diverse nation and the free world.

But character matters. Her career-long struggles with honesty and ethics and calculating, self-serving approach to politics trouble us deeply.

So we find ourselves in the same position as a vast number of voters in looking for an option other than skipping the presidential portion of the ballot.

Gary Johnson meets that need. We recognize the Libertarian candidate is the longest of long shots with an electorate that has been conditioned to believe only Republicans and Democrats can win major offices.

But this is an endorsement of conscience, reflecting our confidence that Johnson would be a competent and capable president and an honorable one.”

The Detroit News is the second largest newspaper in Michigan and the largest one to endorse Johnson. It has a daily circulation of at least 200,000. The paper joins the Winston-Salem Journal, the New Hampshire Union-Leader, the Richmond Times Dispatch, and The Caledonian-Record. 

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