Washington Post refuses to endorse Kamala Harris - sparking furious boycott from readers and staff

The Washington Post has announced it will not endorse a statesmanlike candiate, sparking fury among its wide readers who are pledging to cancel their subscriptions to nan paper.

The announcement marks nan first clip successful 36 years that nan left-leaning insubstantial has decided to not make a statesmanlike endorsement. 

The paper's page editor David Shipley had already approved an endorsement of Harris and had reportedly told colleagues that it was being reviewed by nan paper's proprietor Jeff Bezos, according to NPR. 

But connected Friday CEO Will Lewis published an op-ed that nan insubstantial is returning to its 'roots of not endorsing statesmanlike candidates.'

It comes conscionable days aft The Los Angeles Times announced it would besides not beryllium endorsing anyone for nan November statesmanlike elections. 

The paper's unit learned of nan determination from page editor Shipley successful a 'tense' gathering connected Friday, according to NPR. 

Shipley told unit he owned nan determination and it was meant to create 'independent space' wherever nan insubstantial does not show group really to vote. 

Columnist Robert Kagan, a blimpish Trump critic, resigned from his position successful nan editorial committee aft nan determination emerged.

The consequence from nan Post's unit has been 'uniformly outraged,'  according to NPR's David Folkenflik.

The station began endorsing statesmanlike candidates successful 1976 aft it collapsed nan Watergate ungraded and publically backed Democrat Jimmy Carter.