The wheels appear to be completely falling off the Harris campaign as they enter the home stretch of the election, and things just got even more awkward for Team Kamala:
WashPost will NOT be endorsing in this year's election: pic.twitter.com/ObFGhJGsHI
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) October 25, 2024
Now we'll sit back and wait for some of the Post's totally objective and unbiased "journalists" get incredibly angry over this decision:
NEWS: The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement in this year's presidential race, the editor of the editorial pages has told colleagues at a tense meeting this morning
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) October 25, 2024
THREAD AND LINK: https://t.co/papQiStKDC
This information according to a person with direct knowledge.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) October 25, 2024
It is not clear whether Post owner Jeff Bezos or Publisher/CEO Will Lewis made the call
Shipley said the paper wanted to give readers an "independent" space in which to decide or whom to vote on their own /MORE
The Post has endorsed a presidential candidate for decades, but not this year. They were joined by the L.A. Times.
The Washington Post has now declined to endorse a candidate for President, this hasn’t happened since the 1980’s
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) October 25, 2024
This comes after the LA times declined to endorse a candidate for President
Kamala Harris is seriously the worst Democrat candidate in the history of the party pic.twitter.com/9xjx3b45In
It appears to boil down to something quite simple: The Post's leadership didn't feel like jumping aboard what they seem to sense is a ship that's sinking fast.
Kamala Harris - "He's Hitler
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 25, 2024
Washington Post - "Yeah we've thought about it and we're still not going to endorse you over Hitler. Sorry."
Too funny.
"Slap in the face" detected:
“What an insult to Kamala Harris. Who do you have when you’ve lost The Washington Post?” — Fox’s @kayleighmcenany reacts to WaPo saying it will not make an endorsement in this year's race pic.twitter.com/1XhOO4fDL7
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) October 25, 2024
The Democrats might be wishing they'd have just stuck with Joe Biden at this point.
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