A few days ago I wrote about the Los Angeles Times forgoing a Presidential endorsement this year. Well, they aren’t the only major lefty rag to do so.
The Washington Post has decided not to endorse any candidate for President this year. It is unclear if this decision came from Jeff Bezos, who owns the paper or from the Publisher Will Lewis. Lewis released a statement earlier today that reads in part:
The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates….”
The meltdown by the left has been glorious. Take this one from Karen Attiah, a columnist for the paper:
And this one from the writer who claimed there was a far-right militia hunting FEMA people in North Carolina:
Several other WaPo writers and editors have similar posts on X and other social media sites. Then there are the responses from ‘regular’ lefties, those unconnected with the Washington Post. Seems Olberman is having a normal one:
Here’s dumbass Obama-bro Ben Rhodes take. Fair warning, It’s as dumb as you’d expect:
I should note that Kagan is married to Victoria Nuland, who was hips deep in Ukraine under Obama.
I’m not sure that these high profile endorsements mean anything when it comes to electoral politics. They do not really sway voters all that much, especially now in the era of highly partisan media outlets. That said, the fact that WaPo has declined to endorse Kamala is a big-ish deal, bigger than the LA Times snub.