Two members of The Washington Post‘s editorial board are set to resign following its decision not to endorse Kamala Harris in the presidential race. Molly Roberts, an eight-year veteran of the newspaper, quit on Monday, and fellow board member David Hoffman is said to be following suit.
The Post has not declined to endorse in a presidential race since 1988. Publisher Will Lewis has framed the move as “returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates”—it did not begin doing so until 1976—but it has since emerged that the editorial board had prepared an endorsement for Harris, but owner Jeff Bezos personally spiked it.
Roberts and Hoffman follow Michele Norris, who resigned Sunday, calling the endorsement decision “a terrible mistake and an insult” to the paper’s principles.
Editor-at-large Robert Kagan resigned on Friday. Notably, Kagan is the husband of former Biden-Harris Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, who has fomented conflict in Ukraine for many years.
The Los Angeles Times is also declining to endorse this year, sparking a similar exodus of pro-Harris journalists.
Editorial board member David Hoffman is also resigning, I’m told. Hoffman accepted the Pulitzer last week for his series on “new technologies and the tactics authoritarian regimes use to repress dissent in the digital age, and how they can be fought.” https://t.co/7RELdYFKbN
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) October 28, 2024
