The new postmaster general says the changes are an attempt to make the organization more financially stable. But some Democrats say it's an example of a president, long hostile to mail-in voting, trying to make it more difficult for Americans to vote.
As part of their proposed coronavirus relief package, congressional Democrats have for the last few months sought $25 billion in additional funding for the Postal Service. Republicans are reportedly"The President, his cronies and Republicans in Congress continue to wage their all-out assault on the Postal Service and its role in ensuring the integrity of the 2020 election," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a jointFriday.
On Saturday, Trump blamed Democrats for the troubles faced by the Postal Service."They aren't approving funding" for the Postal Service or for universal mail-in voting, he said at a press conference Saturday. In an interview this week, former President Obama charged that Trump and Republican lawmakers were trying to undermine the election — and in the process hurting people who depend on the Postal Service to receive government benefits and prescription drugs.
"What are Republicans doing where you are so scared of people voting that you are now willing to undermine what is part of the basic infrastructure of American life?" Obama told his former campaign manager David Plouffe on the"I mean, it'd be the equivalent of, 'We're not going to repair highways because people might drive to the polling places,'"Obama added,"'so we'll just let massive sinkholes in the middle of the interstate linger, because...
Another spokesperson told reporters Friday that the postal service would stop removing mailboxes until after the election. Spokesman Rod Spurgeon
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