WASHINGTON: The influential Washington Post newspaper, owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced Friday (Oct 25) it will endorse neither Democrat Kamala Harris nor Republican Donald Tr
People walk by the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, in downtown Washington, Feb 21, 2019. WASHINGTON: The influential Washington Post newspaper, owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced Friday it will endorse neitherHowever, the Post editorial board has endorsed candidates for much of the last four decades - all of them Democrats - before deciding to stay on the sidelines in one of the most polarizing elections in US history.
Trump, meanwhile, says he represents the last chance to prevent what he describes as the collapse of the United States, claiming erroneously thatThe owner of the Times blocked the editorial board from issuing an endorsement for Harris, according to editorial editor Mariel Garza, who resigned in protest on Wednesday.
The Republican got his own boost on Friday from the New York Post, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, which declared that"America is ready for today's heroic Donald Trump to reclaim the presidency".In a statement, The Washington Post's Lewis wrote that the paper would not ever make presidential endorsements again, as had been the tradition in its earlier years.
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