The Washington Post, one of the Democratic Party's most trusted and reliable allies in the establishment media, dropped a bombshell last week that sent the party into a total frenzy of rage.

According to Breitbart, the paper's refusal to make a presidential endorsement this year, the first time in decades, caused a massive backlash in other sectors of the media and within the ranks of the Dem Party. 

WaPo, which otherwise was ready to endorse Harris, was reportedly given orders from the very top -- like Jeff Bezos top -- to withhold endorsing.

The very public snubbing of Harris came at the worst possible timing with Election Day barely a week away.

What's going on?

WaPo nixing the endorsement sent its newsroom into total chaos, ultimately leading to the resignation of Robert Kagan, one of the outlet's editors-at-large.

Several writers at the left-leaning publication said not endorsing Harris felt like a "stab in the back," according to reports, with others taking to social media to torch their employer.

Not only did the outlet decide not to endorse this election cycle, but it stated in an official statement from William Lewis, the publisher and chief executive officer of the newspaper, that it would not make any future presidential endorsements.

"The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Lewis wrote in an opinion piece.

The dramatics were off the charts with several contributors, columnists, writers, and others who work for the grossly progressive paper, with some saying they put their lives on the line to help protect the fantasy-driven narrative that Democracy is "under attack" by Donald Trump.

"Today has been an absolute stab in the back. What an insult to those of us who have literally put our careers and lives on the line, to call out threats to human rights and democracy," one of the paper's columnists wrote on X.

Others react

The outrage on the left over the paper's decision reached far and wide, including former Joe Biden top adviser Susan Rice.

As a DC native and lifelong subscriber to the Post, I’m disgusted. You have lost us.

Opinion | On political endorsement - The Washington Post https://t.co/WKgIEDtkqg

— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) October 25, 2024

Rice, in another X post, wrote, "So much for 'Democracy Dies in Darkness'. This is the most hypocritical, chicken sh*t move from a publication that is supposed to hold people in power to account.

While it's highly doubtful that a WaPo endorsement would have changed Harris' outlook as far as her winning, it's nothing less than a total nightmare for her campaign.