Scientific American is backing Joe Biden for president, the first endorsement in the magazine’s 175-year history. The editors backed Biden in the magazine’s October policy and ethics section while calling President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic “dishonest and inept.”

In the announcement, editors wrote that the endorsement was not given lightly, but with sufficient evidence to support that “Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science.” The article also calls into account numerous decisions on the Trump administration’s part to roll back environmental protections and medical care in legislation.

“That is why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden, who is offering fact-based plans to protect our health, our economy and the environment,” the editors wrote. “These and other proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a …continued .
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