NY Times endorses Kamala Harris, chooses Democrat in 17th straight presidential election

The New York Times continued its 64-year streak of supporting Democrats for president implicit Republicans by endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris this week.

"Kamala Harris is the lone choice," The New York Times editorial board wrote successful an nonfiction from Monday headlined, "The lone patriotic prime for president." 

This is the 17th consecutive predetermination that the outlet has supported a Democratic campaigner for president implicit a Republican, with the outlet's continuous bluish streak opening successful 1960 with John F. Kennedy. The past clip Republican it backed was President Dwight D. Eisenhower, erstwhile helium successfully ran for re-election successful 1956.

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The New York Times continued its multi-decade streak of supporting Democrats for president by endorsing Kamala Harris. (Getty Images)

"This unequivocal, dispiriting information — Donald Trump is not acceptable to beryllium president — should beryllium capable for immoderate elector who cares astir the wellness of our state and the stableness of our ideology to contradict him re-election," the editorial committee wrote. 

"For this reason, careless of immoderate governmental disagreements voters mightiness person with her, Kamala Harris is the lone patriotic prime for president," The Times wrote. 

Harris, The Times continued, is not a "perfect candidate" but is simply a "more than indispensable alternative" to Trump connected issues similar the economy, immigration, and America's planetary alliances. 

The Times acknowledged that immoderate voters are acrophobic implicit Harris' property avoidance strategy.

"Many voters person said they privation much details astir the vice president’s plans, arsenic good arsenic much unscripted encounters successful which she explains her imaginativeness and policies," The Times wrote. "They are close to ask. Given the stakes of this election, Ms. Harris whitethorn deliberation that she is moving a run designed to minimize the risks of an unforced mistake — answering journalists’ questions and offering greater argumentation item could tribunal controversy, aft each — nether the content that being the lone viable alternate to Mr. Trump whitethorn beryllium capable to bring her to victory." 

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The Times acknowledged that immoderate voters are acrophobic implicit Harris' property avoidance strategy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

"That strategy whitethorn yet beryllium winning, but it’s a disservice to the American radical and to her ain record," the editorial committee continued. "And leaving the nationalist with a consciousness that she is being shielded from pugnacious questions, arsenic Mr. Biden has been, could backfire by undermining her halfway statement that a susceptible caller procreation stands acceptable to instrumentality the reins of power."

The endorsement doesn't travel arsenic a surprise. In 2016, the Times' wide committee declared Trump to beryllium the worst large enactment nominee successful the nation's past and has continued to talk retired vehemently against him since then. It endorsed Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden against him successful the past 2 elections.

During its lengthy streak of supporting Democrats, the Times has endorsed specified candidates arsenic George McGovern successful 1972, Walter Mondale successful 1984 and Michael Dukakis successful 1988, who each were defeated successful electoral landslides.

The Trump run was unconcerned.

"An endorsement from the New York Times is astir arsenic utile arsenic a moldy aged dishrag that hasn’t been cleaned successful years," Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "They had to apologize successful 2016 for misleading their readers and wholly misreading President Trump’s historical victory, but it seems similar they inactive haven’t learned their lesson. Kamala Harris is endorsed by the Fake News due to the fact that she is fake, a phony, and unfit for office."

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The Harris run did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

The Times isn't unsocial successful large newspapers having blatantly Democratic-favoring editorial boards. The Washington Post began endorsing statesmanlike candidates successful 1976 and has ne'er supported the Republican hopeful.

Fox News' Brian Flood and David Rutz contributed to this report.