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This afternoon in a House of Representatives hearing, Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45) asked Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy if he would reverse cuts that have caused widespread mail delays across the country.
DeJoy adamantly stated that he would NOT.
In the middle of the global pandemic and economic catastrophe, mail delays caused by DeJoy's cuts are delaying medicines, causing rent payments to arrive late, and delaying benefit checks and paychecks people desperately need. And with the November election looming, Americans deserve to be able to trust the Postal Service from the top down.
But when Katie Porter asked DeJoy today if he knew how much it costs to mail a postcard, DeJoy did not.
When Porter asked DeJoy how many people voted by mail in the last election even to the nearest ten million, DeJoy did not know.
When DeJoy was asked today whether he has had contact with Trump, the White House, or the Trump campaign, DeJoy admitted that he has. Even though when asked the same question in a Senate last week, DeJoy said he had not.
Louis DeJoy is a Trump ally and Republican mega-donor with major conflicts of interest -- he owns at least a $30 million stake in a USPS contractor and as much as $100,000 in Amazon stock options.
Elizabeth Warren says, "The more we learn about what’s happening at the US Postal Service, the clearer it is that this isn’t just the work of an unqualified and incompetent Trump mega-donor, but a methodical act of sabotage by the Trump administration.... The Board of Governors must remove DeJoy and reverse his acts of sabotage."
Extreme weather, extreme road conditions, extreme public health crises and extreme underfunding haven't stopped the U.S. Postal Service. Trump's desperate, dictatorial attempts to stay in power even if the people don't want him must not be allowed to stop the Postal Service either. Sign the petition.
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