DeJoy, a major Republican donor, was selected in May by the Postal Service Board of Governors, which is controlled by Donald Trump appointees
US postmaster-general Louis DeJoy in Washington, US on August 21 2020. Picture: OFFICIAL HANDOUT
The postal service is at the centre of political clash between Democrats and Trump over voting and the integrity of the November election. Trump, who is trailing Democratic candidate Joe Biden in pre-election polls, has repeatedly decried the increase in voting by mail and claimed, without evidence, that it’s ripe for fraud.
But Romney added that, “Any surprise at such concerns has to be tempered by the fact that the president has made repeated claims that mail-in voting will be fraudulent and that he doesn’t want to get more money to the post office because without more money you can’t have universal mail-in voting.
Under questioning, DeJoy said the decommissioned sorting machines won’t be put back into service. “They are not needed,” he said.
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