Washington Post columnist Hugh Hewitt announced Friday he will be leaving the newspaper after he walked out of a live event during an argument about former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on election integrity.
The veteran political columnist and analyst has been a contributing columnist with WaPo since 2017 where he has written hundreds of articles. He is also a nationally syndicated radio host.
“I have in fact quit the Post but I was only writing a column for them every six weeks or so,” Hewitt told Fox News Digital in a statement. Hewitt claims he told opinion editor David Shipley of his decision to leave the company on Friday morning.
Hewitt was a vocal pro-Trump voice within the editorial pages as his last piece, which was published Tuesday, called on the MAGA movement in the GOP to evolve if Trump regains the White House.
His departure from the outlet occurred just after a Friday morning argument on the Washington Post’s live show First Look with host Jonathan Capehart . Hewitt and WaPo’s Deputy Editorial Page Editor Ruth Marcus joined Capehart on Friday to discuss whether Trump was “laying the groundwork for contesting” the election results.