A Washington Post editor resigned after the paper refused to endorse a presidential candidate

Washington Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan resigned Friday following the “Democracy Dies in Dark” paper’s decision not to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate, Fox News Digital has learned.

Kagan, author of the book “Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Tearing America Apart – Again,” has been one of the newspaper’s most vocal voices against Trump. In 2023 he wrote a column, “Trump’s Dictatorship: How to Stop It.” He also accused Trump of being “anti-Ukraine,” and suggested that the former president would “destroy” democracy if re-elected.

Kagan’s resignation came as a shock after Post publisher and CEO William Lewis announced that the paper would not endorse a presidential candidate in 2024, or in any future presidential race.

THE WASHINGTON POST DECLARES IT WILL NOT APPROVE IN JANUARY 2024 OR ‘IN ANY FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION’

“The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate in this election. Any presidential election to come. We are returning to our roots of not supporting presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote on the paper’s blog.

Lewis quoted the paper’s editorial board as saying back in 1960, “The Washington Post has never ‘endorsed’ any candidate in a presidential campaign. That is our tradition and our practice in five of the last six elections.”

Kagan confirmed that she resigned because of the decision not to nominate a candidate but declined to comment.

“This just happened,” he said.

The Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This is a developing story, more to come…

Fox News Digital’s Scott Whitlock contributed to this report.