In his eulogy for the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) yesterday, former President Barack Obama noted the many ways in which voter-suppression advocates continue to put barriers between Americans and the ballot box. His list culminated with a timely example.
These opponents of voting rights, Obama explained, are “even undermining the postal service in the runup to an election that is going to be dependent on mailed-in ballots so people don’t get sick.”
It was a few hours later when the Washington Post published this report:
The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs of mail across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in place new procedures described as cost-cutting efforts, alarming postal workers who warn that the policies could undermine their ability to deliver ballots on time for the November election.
The broader context of these developments is important. Donald Trump has long targeted the USPS as a perceived enemy, largely because he wants it to punish Amazon.com. It’s convoluted nonsense: the online retailer is owned by Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, which has covered Trump’s presidency in a way he doesn’t like, which has led Trump to call USPS “a joke” because it won’t do more to punish Amazon.com.
source: MSNBC
Our “great” leader doesn’t want to citizens to be able to do as he does, vote by mail. Just part of being a dictator. So I,m dishonest and a liar because I vote by mail, while MR. Wonderful votes by mail and he id a honest upstanding person. What lies! The Post Master General’ s only qualification for his job is the money he gave. How much money must I donate to become a naval Admiral? What “great” leader MR. Idiot is, doing everything he can to destroy the Postal service so the agency can become a low paying, terrible service private co.. that and trying to deny people the right to vote just so the dictator can keep power.
Rings the alarm?
Any details?
What a lame article.
The place is a joke because it’s been mismanaged for years, beginning during the Obama administration. Amazon isn’t charged enough and the post office does a poor job delivering them, often scanning them no access or hold when they can’t deliver them. Incompetent management is the hallmark of today’s USPS. Ask the OIG.
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