Washington Post skips White House endorsement, but liberal tilt still evident in Senate and House nods

The Washington Post editorial board's determination to diminution endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris stunned observers and members of their ain staff, but the insubstantial has endorsed Democratic candidates successful legislature elections. 

The committee has weighed successful connected Senate and House races successful Virginia and Maryland, arsenic good arsenic immoderate superior elections, including in Washington D.C.'s metropolis assembly Democratic primary. So far, the Post has lone endorsed Democrats. 

The editorial committee announced connected Friday it would not beryllium endorsing either campaigner and would beryllium sitting retired each aboriginal statesmanlike predetermination endorsements. The insubstantial has lone endorsed Democratic statesmanlike candidates, but successful 1988 erstwhile it declined to endorse Democrat Michael Dukakis.

The editors endorsed Democratic campaigner Eugene Vindman implicit Republican Derrick Anderson successful Virginia's seventh territory legislature race. In Virginia's Senate race, the station endorsed Sen. Tim Kaine, arguing his hostile Hung Cao "lacks the temperament and pragmatism to beryllium effectual successful the Senate"

The Washington Post editorial committee declined to endorse Donald Trump oregon Kamala Harris. (Left:  Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, Right: (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Right: (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images))

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The editorial committee took contented with Cao's transportation to Trump.

"Mr. Cao has described himself arsenic "MAGA" and portion of the "Trump America First camp." He has compared President Joe Biden to Communist leaders successful Vietnam. He pronounced himself ‘thrilled’ astir the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade," the editorial committee wrote. 

The editorial committee argued that Kaine, who ran arsenic Hillary Clinton's vice statesmanlike campaigner successful 2016, "is a seasoned nationalist servant."

The editorial committee besides chose to endorse Democrat Angela D. Alsobrooks implicit erstwhile Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan successful Maryland's Senate race. 

Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan debated connected Thursday up of the Maryland Senate election. (Reuters)

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"Ms. Alsobrooks would bash it better. She has our beardown endorsement," the editors wrote. The editorial committee notably endorsed Hogan, an anti-Trump Republican, successful his gubernatorial re-election run successful 2018.

"Yet we’re not convinced his gubernatorial grounds and party-of-one governmental marque would adhd up to effectiveness arsenic a legislator moving connected behalf of Maryland’s interests. It would assistance if Mr. Hogan had declared wide argumentation priorities, but his run is each astir code and process — but erstwhile helium promises to respect reproductive rights, a antiaircraft determination forced connected him by Ms. Alsobrooks’s unequivocal, and popular, pro-choice stance," the editors wrote.

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The editorial committee has criticized Harris for her economical plans and has demanded the vice president reply "legitimate questions" connected wherefore she's done an about-face connected immoderate far-left policies from her 2019 tally for the presidency. 

However, the editorial committee regularly criticizes Trump implicit his rhetoric, societal security, and more. In 2020, the editorial committee enthusiastically endorsed President Biden, arsenic they did with Democratic campaigner Hillary Clinton successful 2016.

Washington Post exertion astatine ample Robert Kagan resigned connected Friday pursuing the "Democracy Dies successful Darkness" paper’s determination not to endorse a campaigner successful the 2024 statesmanlike election.