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 nan 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, nan Post has only endorsed Democrats. 

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

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

The Washington Post editorial committee declined to endorse Donald Trump aliases 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 rumor pinch Cao's relationship to Trump.

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

The editorial committee based on 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 complete erstwhile Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan successful Maryland's Senate race. 

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

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"Ms. Alsobrooks would do it better. She has our beardown endorsement," nan 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 thief if Mr. Hogan had declared clear argumentation priorities, but his run is each astir reside and process — isolated from erstwhile he promises to respect reproductive rights, a protect move forced connected him by Ms. Alsobrooks’s unequivocal, and popular, pro-choice stance," nan editors wrote.

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

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

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