Announced by The Washington Post’s editorial board Friday, an endorsement will not be made in this year’s presidential race for the first time since the 80’s.

Only 11 days before the election between Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent former president Donald Trump, this decision was made by the owner of the paper Jeff Bezos. For the last 36 years, The Post has endorsed a candidate every single presidential election, with the exception of 1988.

“We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” CEO and publisher William Lewis wrote in a column.

The editorial staff had previously written a draft in support of Harris, according to two anonymous sources.

“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” former executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement. “Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners).”

Despite the backlash from many internet users, The Post traditionally did not take sides in elections before endorsing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, then Jimmy Carter in 1976. Between those years, they declined in multiple instances to not endorse.

“We are, as our masthead proclaims, an independent newspaper, and that with one exception (our support of President Eisenhower in 1952), it has not been our tradition to bestow formal endorsement upon presidential candidates,” the Editorial Board wrote in 1972. “We can think of no reason to depart from that tradition this year.”

The Los Angeles Times were caught in a similar situation earlier this week after refusing to publish a planned endorsement of Harris. With most polls forecasting this election to be a tight race, many are disappointed with the lack of support from established news outlets.

“Many on the editorial board are surprised and angry,” one of the anonymous sources said.