How Trump’s Attack on the Post Office Could Backfire

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For Trump to admit to deliberately trying to slow the mail process in order to curb mail-in voting is “stunning, because it is political sabotage,” says Philip Rubio, a history professor and expert on the U.S. Postal Service.

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that if they want to ensure a speedy delivery of absentee ballots, they’ll need to pay for them to be sent at a first-class rate, which is roughly three times as expensive as bulk rate typically used to send ballots to voters. This week, without any public explanation, the USPS hasThese sound like reversible decisions. They might not be. “Once you take something offline, it’s really expensive to bring it back.

All of this makes for a volatile election season: People stuck in their houses are increasingly reliant on the postal service to deliver purchases and medicine as they avoid in-person shopping, and increasingly aware of its problems. The president, meanwhile, appears to be betting that crippling the postal system will be more helpful to him on Election Day than it is politically harmful.

This is a time when the Postal Service should really be fulfilling its mission of universal service rather than cutting a few costs here and there. What Postmaster General DeJoy appears to be doing is enabling Trump'ssabotaging the Postal Service while denying that his policies of cutting overtime, of holding back first-class mail are anything more than what he referred to as sensationalized, isolated incidents. We’re getting those all across the country.

These kinds of policies are dangerous for disenfranchisement, such as asking boards of elections to pay first-class rates in sending ballots out instead of the 20-cent marketing mail rate. If the ballots don’t get to the voter in time, they might not get counted. In the past, you had postal managers treating all election ballots the same, and certainly postal workers know how to flag mail-in ballots. The postal system knows how to do this.

So we get into 1969, and President Richard Nixon picks it up. He appoints a new postmaster general, a Republican who worked on Nixon’s campaign in 1960. Both of them promote this idea of a postal. And that would include full collective bargaining rights for postal workers. While postal unions had been around since the late 19th century, they only had lobbying rights; they did not have collective-bargaining rights. All they get to negotiate on are working conditions.

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Christmas is going to be a mess. How many people are sending presents instead of traveling?

like everything else Trump has recently done: - he wanted COVID to not make him look bad so he denied and did no planning—result: broken economy, 200k dead - he wants to combat absentee ballots to win election—result: ALL mail gets screwed and no prescription deliveries either

No thank you - I’ll vote in person: I can’t and won’t let any chance the DemoRats 🐀 and their well-oiled corruption machinery can steal my vote. Besides, wearing a mask and practicing social distancing is as safe as going shopping for groceries.

As if the postal unions aren't assisting the slowdowns to make Trump look bad.

Everything at Trump has touched has turned to crap!

Veterans get their prescriptions in the mail. A lot of seniors too. And how many small businesses use USPS?

I am so sick of the way this President and his Administration are destroying every good thing for the LITTLE PEOPLE in this country so that he can have his cake and eat it too. I am DEPENDENT ON THE MAIL SERVICE FOR EVERYTHING I DO IN MY REMOTE RURAL WORLD. HE IS A CRIMINAL!!

VoteTrumpOut realDonaldTrump

Individual1 Defunding Post Office to stifle Mail-in voting. Nuts! USPS employs about 500,000 people. I know 4 a Fact some MAGA folks work there & need overtime. Yrs ago when I worked there 1 of my supervisors was the grand wizard of KKK. DT is eating his young. USPSsabotage

Love this genre, “how trmps attack on _____ could backfire”

I don't think wrecking USPS is going to be very popular with the voters.

Lol B.S

rayleengale So realDonaldTrump is admitting to stopping people’s constitutional right to vote 🗳

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Shame on Americans and Congress on allowing it to happen!

What, us worry? He just wants to give the whole thing to one of his butt buddies for a fraction of a penny on the Dollar. We should be tired of these people wreaking havoc (look up that word. You'll be amazed) on the country.

FYI: If blue collection boxes are being removed in your area, remember that your postie will still collect any mail you have to send from your residential mailbox, provided such mail is in clear sight. In rural areas, be sure to raise the flag on your box.

The Post Office has been the butt of jokes for decades. So, what changed?

So, who's gonna stop him? Congress?

Trump is fucking up this country. VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare

This truly shows that what goes in the head comes out the mouth, regardless of how ridiculous, narcissistic, destructive, ignorant, racist or just plain stupid!! Ivy League education!!🤡This is why Trump is security risk! Thinly veiled intentions which are corrupt! Lock HIM up!

Except when 30% of the population are as treasonous as him...EndGOP TrumpVirus

The mail-in process must be secure because if it wasn't the GOP would be saying it's great while cheating the vote. Because they aren't is the best proof of all.

What does Congress do? The go on fu¢king vacation for a month. We are paying salaries to people that refuse to do their elected jobs. What happens to us when we don't do the job we're paid to do? We get fired. Time to fire a whole lotta wastes of money.

Is it? Think about what you are saying..... JoeBiden can only win if they flood the zone with illegal ballots. See how simple that was. Eff you losers. Close your doors

It’s not stunning at all. He’s shown and proven that he can get away with criminal behavior so he has no issue saying the quiet parts out loud now. If you’re stunned by this, you might be slow.

What’s political sabotage? Mail in voting is very different from absentee voting and would be fraudulent

It’s actually election security.🤦‍♂️

Trump is making the President of Zimbabwe look like a saint.

Nothing is political sabotage to a cult leader. You just have to feed them something to make them feel superior, and they'll buy whatever dumb shit thing they sell.

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