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The Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s daughter claimed that the reason the paper didn’t endorse a presidential candidate this year was due to Vice President Kamala Harris’s handling of the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. 

“Our family made the joint decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate,” Nika Soon-Shiong said in a statement to The New York Times. “This was the first and only time I have been involved in the process.”

“As a citizen of a country openly financing genocide, and as a family that experienced South African Apartheid, the endorsement was an opportunity to repudiate justifications for the widespread targeting of journalists and ongoing war on children,” the statement continued. 

Earlier this week, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times both declined to endorse a presidential candidate this year.

“From the top of the ticket to local ballot measures, California voters this year are grappling with major decisions that will shape their lives and communities for years to come,” the Los Angeles Times said. “To help voters decide, the Times editorial board offers recommendations based on interviewing candidates, campaign committees and policy experts, examining facts and claims and doing research to inform our endorsements.”

A spokesperson on Saturday for Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly denied Nika’s comments and said she was not involved in the decision. 

“Her words do not represent the family of the L.A. Times,” the spokesperson said, according to Yahoo News.