Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson made headlines last week after infamously asking, "What is Aleppo?" but he still has the support of more daily newspapers that Republican nominee Donald Trump, The Washington Post reports.
Over the weekend, Johnson was endorsed by the Winston-Salem Journal of North Carolina, his second from a daily newspaper.
"We've surprised even ourselves with this endorsement, our first for a Libertarian for president," the editorial board wrote.
Johnson also has the support of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, whose editorial board wrote: "Neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton meets the fundamental moral and professional standards we have every right to expect of an American president. Fortunately, there is a reasonable — and formidable — alternative."
Trump has received no endorsements from daily papers in the general election.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has the endorsements of the New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, The Berkshire Eagle, and even The Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle, which almost always support the GOP.
During the primaries, Trump won the support of the New York Observer, which his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, owns, and the New York Post, which in April expected that Trump would "pivot" after winning the nomination.
"Should he win the nomination, we expect Trump to pivot — not just on the issues, but in his manner," the Post editorial board wrote. "The post-pivot Trump needs to be more presidential: better informed on policy, more self-disciplined and less thin-skinned."
Trump has a contentious relationship with the press, but he recently announced that he would end his "blacklisting" of certain news organizations like the Washington Post, BuzzFeed and Politico.
"I figure they can't treat me any worse!" Trump told CNN last Wednesday.
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