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Hi,
It's been 18 months since Joe Biden was sworn in as president.
And yet Trump megadonor Louis DeJoy is still in charge of the U.S. Postal Service.
DeJoy has slowed delivery times and raised prices. He's removed mail-sorting machines. And, in the face of rising gas prices and a burning planet, he wants to spend billions on a fleet of delivery trucks that get less than 9 miles per gallon.
Enough is enough. Louis DeJoy must go.
The good news is that last month the Senate finally confirmed the last of President Biden's picks to join the Postal Service Board of Governors, a key step to allow DeJoy to be fired.1 Now we need to turn up the pressure and demand that they get rid of DeJoy now.
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DeJoy's efforts to slow mail delivery during a crucial election in the middle of global pandemic were horrific, but his commitment to gas-burning postal trucks of the past just might take the cake.
While Biden wants to make the government vehicle fleet emissions-free, DeJoy is working for the opposite.2
DeJoy signed a contract and made a down payment on 165,000 gas-powered trucks before any review was made public. He ignored environmental impacts, including air pollution and global warming.3 And he failed to acknowledge simple economics: in the long run, electric trucks will be cheaper to operate and will save taxpayers billions.4
Demand Progress members and our allies have helped build widespread public awareness that Louis DeJoy is a corrupt Trump crony who should be fired. We supported legislation reforming the Postal Service to undo some of the damage he's caused. Meanwhile, a coalition of environmentalists, autoworkers, and state attorneys general is suing to force DeJoy to buy clean electric vehicles instead -- just as Biden had intended. And since DeJoy skipped legally required steps and rebuffed advice from the inspector general, they have a good chance to win.5
With the last of Biden's nominees confirmed, it's time for the Postal Service Board to fire DeJoy once and for all. But we need to keep the pressure on.
Thanks for standing with us,
Robert and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. MSNBC, "With Biden's USPS picks confirmed, what's next for DeJoy?" May 13, 2022.
2. Reuters, "U.S. government to end gas-powered vehicle purchases by 2035 under Biden order," December 8, 2021.
3. Mother Jones, "A Wave of Lawsuits Aims to Halt Louis DeJoy's Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet," April 28, 2022.
4. Mother Jones, "Defying Logic and Biden, Louis DeJoy Gets His Gas-Guzzling Mail Trucks," February 23, 2022.
5. Mother Jones, "A Wave of Lawsuits Aims to Halt Louis DeJoy's Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet," April 28, 2022.
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