‘Attempted murder at his post office’: outrage when Trump Crony now addresses USPS moves to delay delivery of mail

Postal workers and their allies in Congress pledge to defend themselves after the new chief of the U.S. Postal Service, a major donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, moved this week to impose radical changes on the Popular government agency when faced with a financial crisis fabricated by lawmakers and exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

the Washington Post reported Tuesday night that Postmaster General (PMG) Louis DeJoy, who took over last month, issued memoranda announcing “major operational changes” to the USPS “that could delay mail delivery, warning employees that the agency would not survive unless it made ‘difficult’ changes to cut costs. “

“Now that our states depend on voting by mail to continue elections during the pandemic, the destabilization of the post office is a direct attack on American democracy.”
-Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr.

“Analysts say the documents feature a new reinvention of the USPS that could scare customers away, especially if the White House gets the high rate hikes it wants, and puts the already embattled agency in greater financial danger as Private sector competitors embark on hiring revelries to build their own delivery networks, “the Send celebrated.

According to the internal USPS memoranda (pdf) obtained by the Send“DeJoy told employees to drop mail at distribution centers if he delayed mail carriers from their routes,” said a change that critics could threaten absentee ballot access at a time when mail-in voting it is more important than ever.

“If the plants are late, they will save the mail for the next day,” reads a document titled, “New Expectations and PMG Plan.”

“The deliberate delay in delivering mail to Americans would be a surprising act of sabotage against our Postal Service,” Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (DN.J.) said in a statement. “If these reports are accurate, Trump and his cronies are openly seeking to destroy the post office during the worst public health crisis in a century.”

“Now that our states depend on voting by mail to continue elections during the pandemic, the destabilization of the post office is a direct attack on American democracy,” added Pascrell. “It has been 59 days since the House approved $ 25 billion to keep the USPS alive. The Senate must approve it now. Democracy is at stake.”