The Orlando Sentinels editorial board issued an apology Friday for endorsing Rep. Michael Waltz , one of the Republican members of Congress supporting President Donald Trump s baseless crusade to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The apology , a highly unusual one from a newspaper, comes a day after Waltz joined eight other Florida Republicans in supporting a Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to toss election results in four states where Trump lost to President-elect Joe Biden .

We apologize to our readers for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress.

We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy.

During our endorsement interview with the incumbent congressman, we didnt think to ask, Would you support an effort to throw out the votes of tens of millions of Americans in four states in order to overturn a presidential election and hand it to the person who lost, Donald Trump?

Our bad.

The editorial board added that some variation of that question will be asked of anyone running for Congress in the future, particularly Republican candidates whose party is attempting to upend the way we choose a president.

Waltz defended the lawsuit on Thursday and propped up Trumps unfounded claims that there was widespread voter fraud in the election.