The New York Times

The diary The New York Times This Monday in an editorial he expressed his support for the presidential candidacy of the Democrat Kamala Harriswhich he described as “the only patriotic election” compared to the proposals and the history in the White House of the republican Donald Trump.

The influential newspaper’s editorial board highlights Harris’ character, political priorities and experience as vice president and other positions, but devotes as much or more text to arguing why “it is difficult to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than “Donald Trump.”

The Times acknowledges that Harris “may not be the perfect candidate” because of her administration’s “failures” on the immigration system, public schools, housing costs or gun violence, but says she is “alone in the race.” » presidential if his resume is compared to that of the convicted tycoon.

Above all, it points out that Harris has pledged to use the power of her office to “help Americans,” while Trump’s key proposals – tax cuts and more tariffs – would primarily benefit the wealthy and raise living costs. for the middle and lower classes.

It also contrasts the positions of both on issues such as women’s health and reproductive freedom, where Harris promises to “expand” and Trump “dismantle”, and on the multilateral system, where Harris would “strengthen alliances with similar countries” in the face of a Trump “who has threatened to destroy them.”

On immigration, Trump “continues to demonize and dehumanize immigrants” while Harris “at least offers hope for a compromise, long denied by Congress, to secure the borders and return the nation to a sensible immigration system,” reads the text.

In addition, Trump highlights his “liking” for dictators and autocratic leaders, his insistence that his 2020 electoral failure was due to fraud, his “disdain for the rule of law”, his indictment in several criminal cases or the number of former Republican officials with whom he worked and who have turned their backs on him.

The editorial board, which in 2020 already “raised the strongest arguments it could against Mr. Trump’s re-election,” now expresses that he has transformed the institution of the Republican Party into “little more than an instrument in his attempt to regain power.” ».

The New York Times has been uninterruptedly endorsing Democratic candidates in presidential elections since 1956, when it expressed its support for the Republican Dwight D. Eisenhowerwhom he also supported for his first term, in 1952.

Another major New York media outlet, the New Yorker magazine, also expressed its support for Harris yesterday, noting that “the vice president has shown the values ​​and basic political skills that would allow her to end, once and for all, a poisonous era defined by “Donald Trump.” EFE (I)