Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election, Bezos wrote in hisop-edpublished Monday.
What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias.
A perception of non-independence.
Jeff Bezos on Nov. 13, 2021 in West Hollywood, CA.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images
Ending them is a principled decision, and its the right one.
According to the billionaire, the fact is, I didnt know about the meeting beforehand.
Even Limp didnt know about it in advance; the meeting was scheduled quickly that morning.
There is no connection between it and our decision on presidential endorsements, and any suggestion otherwise is false.
I once wrote that thePostis a complexifier for me.
It is, but it turns out Im also a complexifier for thePost.