Friend—News of Trump's attempt to stop vote by mail by killing
the U.S. Postal Service is blowing up. Demand Progress members have sent
250,000 emails to Congress so far, and now we are ramping up our campaign.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to help stop Trump's attack on the U.S. Postal Service?

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Dear Friend,

Donald Trump just went on Fox News and admitted that he is purposely
blocking funding for the post office to prevent universal mail-in
voting.^1

Trump's bombshell confession comes on the heels of his administration's
massive escalation of the dismantling of the U.S. Postal Service. Louis
DeJoy, the Postmaster General and huge Trump donor, removed 23 postal
executives from their jobs and centralized power around himself personally
as the election approaches.^2

We're running out of time to stop Trump's plan to block people from voting
safely this fall. If Congress doesn't provide funding to repair the U.S.
Postal Service in the next coronavirus stimulus package, we may not see
another chance until after the election.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to help Demand Progress call on Congress to fund the
U.S. Postal Service?

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We now have proof that DeJoy's shakeup at the USPS is a “deliberate
sabotage” intended in part to further delay the mail and cause issues with
vote-by-mail ballots.^3

Trump said, "If they don't get [funding for the post office], you can't
have universal mail-in voting."^4

And it's working. DeJoy eliminated the positions of the vice president in
charge of delivery and retail, and the chief operating officer—the two
people in charge of getting us the mail on time. Meanwhile, due to DeJoy's
order to stop all overtime and the delivery of mail after certain hours,
reports of delayed letters and packages are flooding the U.S. Postal
Service. Prescriptions, paychecks, and other essential mail that used to
take just days to arrive are now taking weeks.^5

Right now millions of absentee ballot requests are being dropped into
mailboxes, and the success of vote-by-mail is dependent on a fully
functioning post office.

DeJoy was the perfect choice of Trump's to do the dirty work of taking
down the 245-year-old institution—the wealthy mega donor has $75 million
invested in postal competitors, like UPS.^6

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer met
with DeJoy to discuss the new postmaster general's policies, but DeJoy
refused to back down.^7

The only way we can go back to getting our mail on time and ensure that
absentee ballots don't arrive too late is for Congress to undo DeJoy's
orders and fully fund the U.S. Postal Service. We're ramping up our
campaign right now—will you donate?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate to help save the post office.

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Tweet by Abby D. Phillip, [ [link removed] ]August 13, 2020
2. The Washington Post, "Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats
press for investigation of mail delays," [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2020
3. Ibid.
4. Tweet by Abby D. Phillip, [ [link removed] ]August 13, 2020
5. Vox, "What’s wrong with the mail," [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2020
6. The Washington Post, "Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats
press for investigation of mail delays," [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2020
7. The Washington Post, "Top Democrats say postmaster general acknowledged
new policies that workers say are delaying mail," [ [link removed] ]August 6, 2020
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