Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign are struggling on multiple fronts, including regarding allies that Democratic presidential candidates could always count on.

According to Breitbart, The Washington Post, which has made a presidential endorsement for the past 36 years, has opted out of endorsing a candidate this year, which otherwise undoubtedly would have been Vice President Harrs. 

The news of the snub comes fresh on the heels of the Los Angeles Times making the same decision to not endorse a presidential candidate this election cycle.

WaPo declining to endorse Harris, according to many, sends a profound signal to potential voters -- one that will surely keep Harris and her campaign up at night in the days leading up to Election Day.

What's going on?

It's bad enough that Harris' hometown newspaper refused to endorse her, but the situation with WaPo is an even bigger blow, especially given its reach and influence among Democrat voters.

Reportedly, the decision to not offer an endorsement came down from the very top -- Jeff Bezos. The Amazon billionaire and WaPo owner is reportedly concerned about early voting numbers favoring former President Donald Trump.

Bezos, who is clearly looking down the road at a likely Trump presidency, has several major contracts with the U.S. government, and he's obviously making the smart bet.

Breitbart noted:

The decision allegedly involved Jeff Bezos, who reportedly ordered the non-endorsement with the early vote trends appearing to favor former President Donald Trump. Bezos, the owner of the paper, has several large contracts with the U.S. government.

Not surprisingly, the WaPo newsroom, which is skewed heavily toward the left, was "shocked" at the non-endorsement orders. The paper also came up with a lame excuse to tell readers.

NPR reported:

The editorial page editor, David Shipley, told colleagues that the Post‘s publisher, Will Lewis, would publish a note to readers online early Friday afternoon.

Shipley told colleagues the editorial board was told yesterday by management that there would not be an endorsement. He added that he “owns” this decision. The reason he cited was to create “independent space” where the newspaper does not tell people for whom to vote.

Backlash

A quick scroll through social media and on the paper's official X post announcing the decision revealed a mountain of backlash from their loyal liberal readers.

Many of them vowed to cancel their subscriptions.

"Shame on Bezos. publish it regardless of what he says. I’ve been on hold for 15 minutes waiting to get a customer service rep so I can cancel my subscription. I’ve been a subscriber since 1990," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Just canceled my subscription."