The South Shore Press has set itself apart from the national media by endorsing Donald J. Trump for reelection. For the first time in decades, outlets from coast to coast have either declined to endorse his opponent or did not choose at all.
“The South Shore Press is proud to stand in the rarefied air of media outlets that have the courage and the foresight to endorse the obviously superior candidate,” stated News Director Stefan Mychajliw. “The national publications, the country’s largest, know that Kamala Harris would be a disaster and just could not bring themselves to support her.”
USA Today announced Tuesday that it won’t make an endorsement in the race, saying it will leave it up to its readers to “make informed decisions.” The publication is among the five largest in the country that endorsed Biden four years ago but won’t back his running mate this time around. Among the publications are:
The Washington Post decided to nuke their presidential endorsements for good rather than endorse Harris-Walz—the paper's first non-endorsement since 1988.
The Los Angeles Times—the largest newspaper in Kamala's home state—declined to endorse for the first time in decades.
Multiple other major newspapers—all of which had endorsed Biden in 2020–have either withheld endorsements or declined altogether, including the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, and the Minnesota Star Tribune, the hometown paper of Tim Walz.
“Kamala Harris broke the economy and the country. President Trump is going to fix it,” the South Shore Press said in its endorsement. “When Kamala Harris and Joe Biden entered the White House, the globe became a powder keg that exploded. Putin invaded Ukraine. Hamas attacked our greatest ally, Israel. We are now multiple steps away from World War III.”
And it's not just major news outlets running away from Harris-Walz. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters withheld endorsing the Democrat ticket for the first time in almost three decades, while the International Association of Fire Fighters opted against endorsing the Democrats for only the second time since at least 1976.
“Humiliating” is what the Trump Team called the failing candidacy of Kamala Harris, and we agree.