Just another right winger after all :(
by digby
How typical. Hugh Hewitt now loves what he's hearing from the crazed Donald Trump. Gets him all excited:
A week after Hugh Hewitt called on the Republican National Committee to change its convention rules if Donald Trump could not change himself, the conservative radio host has signaled that he is back on-board supporting the party's presumptive nominee.
“Although there’s been talk in recent weeks of implementing new rules at the Republican convention in Cleveland that would allow party leaders to replace Trump — talk that I’ve entertained — the appetite for that sort of drastic measure is gone,” Hewitt wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.
What changed his mind? Trump’s speeches on Friday and Monday, addressing religious liberty at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference and responding to the Orlando, Florida, attack, respectively. Hewitt wrote that Trump "has returned to a winning message and walled off the assorted ‘never Trump’ holdouts trying to upend his nomination.”
Hewitt’s endorsement comes after Trump, in the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, repeatedly insinuated that President Barack Obama supports terrorism.
Yep, selling yourself as a psychopathic strongman is the way to win. Hewitt sure likes it anyway.
If you've been wondering why Hewitt suddenly became the "reasonable Republican" on every TV network this season, check out his interview archives to see how often the Villagers turn up on his show to yuk it up and let their hair down.
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