The head of The Washington Post on Friday announced that the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos will not be endorsing anyone in the 2024 presidential race, a revelation that came hours after more than a dozen people who worked for Donald Trump endorsed Marine Gen. John Kelly's assessment that he is a "fascist" threat to the constitutional order.

"The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Will Lewis, the paper's chief executive office, announced in a statement to the newsroom, as reported by The New York Times.

The Times reported that staffers had already drafted an endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris when the decision was made. The decision not to publish was made by Bezos, according to the Post.

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