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For the second time this week, Kamala Harris failed to secure a key endorsement. On Friday, The Washington Post announced that for the first time in decades, it will not endorse a candidate in this year’s presidential election. The left-leaning paper was widely expected to endorse Kamala.
“TheWashingtonPostwillnotbemakinganendorsementofapresidentialcandidateinthiselection,”wroteWilliamLewis,thepublisherandCEOofthepaper.“Norinanyfuturepresidentialelection.Wearereturningtoourrootsofnotendorsingpresidentialcandidates.”
TheWashingtonPosthasconsistentlyendorsedDemocratsinpresidentialelections,supportingcandidateslikeJimmyCarter,BarackObama,HillaryClinton,andJoeBiden.Theonlyexceptioncamein1988whenthepaperwithhelditsendorsementfrombothmajorcandidates.However,forthe2024election,thePosthasdecidednottoendorseanycandidate.
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“Werecognizethatthiswillbereadinarangeofways,includingasatacitendorsementofonecandidate,orasacondemnationofanoth