Washington Post says it will not endorse candidate for first time in 30 years

Newspaper condemned for ‘chicken-shit’ decision on White House race as staffers say they are ‘deeply concerned’

For the first time in over 30 years, the Washington Post announced on Friday its editorial board would not be making an endorsement of a candidate in a presidential election.

“We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Will Lewis, the newspaper’s publisher and chief executive officer said in a statement on Friday, less than two weeks before the 2024 presidential election.

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