John,
This morning, President Donald Trump was on Fox News and when asked about his refusal to fully fund the United States Postal Service’s operations, he said this:
They need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots ... But if they don’t get those two items that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting.
Trump just made clear what we have known all along: his war on the USPS is a war on vote-by-mail -- and a clear attempt to sabotage the election.
This is a five-alarm fire for our democracy, and Democrats in Congress need to act like it.
Democrats must force nationwide vote-by-mail and mandatory funding for the US Postal Service into the next must-pass legislation. Add your name to our petition right now if you agree >>
Not all the breaking news today is bad. The Supreme Court upheld Rhode Island's new vote-by-mail rules making it easier for people to cast their ballots by mail without having to increase their potential exposure to the virus.
That is great news, but it depends on the United States Postal Service as the lynchpin of our ability to vote-by-mail. Trump knows this, and it’s clear he’ll do anything in his power to stop Americans from voting -- including destroying the USPS.
He has installed one of his own mega-donors as the new Postmaster General, refused to authorize additional funding, and worked to undercut the USPS’s operations. If we allow this to happen, Trump could sabotage the election in November.
Mitch McConnell needs Democratic votes to get any relief bill through the Senate, so Democrats must use their leverage.
Democrats in Congress must act immediately to stop Trump. Sign our petition calling on Democrats to use their leverage to force nationwide vote-by-mail and mandatory funding for the USPS into the next must-pass legislation >>
Thank you for raising your voice today. We all must come together to defend our democracy and the right to vote in this election.
— Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America
