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Dear Friend,
Six weeks past Christmas, the post office is still a mess.
Donald Trump may be gone, but his terrible postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, is still at work, keeping the postal service drowning with limited staff and underfunding—while his investments in competitors like UPS grow and grow.1,2
DeJoy is just one of the terrible Trump appointees still filling key positions all over the federal government, and they will continue to do immeasurable damage until they are gone.
Demand Progress is mobilizing grassroots pressure calling on President Biden to weed out DeJoy and every last Trump political appointee, and we need your help to reach out to more people and get them to take urgent action.
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DeJoy isn’t the only Trump appointee still doing damage.
Trump Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul is still in office—where he can continue attempts to slash benefits and undermine workers.3
Saul came from the far right-wing Manhattan Institute, a group that advocates for cutting Social Security.4 And as head of the Social Security Administration, he has tried to destroy the SSA employee union and decimate the agency.5
But Saul is still in office—and unless President Biden fires him, he could be in office until 2025.6
Saul is one of numerous other Trump appointees still furthering a right-wing agenda. Mark Calabria, the head of the agency that regulates mortgages and government-sponsored banks, has been working to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and end government oversight.7 But he, too, still has his job under President Biden.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Biden has the ability to fire these political appointees, and Biden must take action before they do any more damage to the agencies they lead and the people they are appointed to help. Will you stand with us by making a donation to help weed out Trump appointees from the Biden administration?
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
Sources:
1. The Baltimore Sun, "Maryland congressional Democrats call out U.S. Postal Service leaders as constituents continue to face mail delays," February 4, 2021
2. The Washington Post, "Trump ally takes over crisis-ridden Postal Service as top Senate Democrat demands inquiry on hiring," June 15, 2020
3. Slate, "Why Hasn’t Biden Fired These Three Terrible Trump Holdovers?" January 27, 2021
4. Manhattan Institute, "The Social Security Facade," November 19, 2015
5. Slate, "Why Hasn’t Biden Fired These Three Terrible Trump Holdovers?" January 27, 2021
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
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