Leftists suffered a meltdown Friday after the editors of the Washington Post announced they would no longer endorse in presidential races starting with this year’s contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election,” read a note from the Post’s publisher and editor-in-chief, William Lewis. “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”
The decision to refrain from making a presidential endorsement this year means Harris will be the first Democrat on the ticket in more than 30 years not to receive the explicit support of the D.C. paper’s editorial board. In September, Harris also became the first candidate for president who failed to receive the endorsement from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters which has endorsed every Democrat since 2000.
Washington Post presidential endorsements by year:
• 1992: Clinton🟦
• 1996: Clinton🟦
• 2000: Gore🟦
• 2004: Kerry🟦
• 2008: Obama🟦
• 2012: Obama🟦
• 2016: Clinton🟦
• 2020: Biden🟦
• 2024: NO ENDORSEMENT🚨
This is devastating news for Kamala Harris.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) October 25, 2024
The Washington Post’s announcement Friday was met with outrage among left-wing readers and columnists, including several who write for the paper.
“Jesus christ,” wrote Post columnist Karen Attiah on X just minutes after her paper’s announcement.
In another post to X, Attiah shared a statement she signed with more than a dozen other columnists for the
