Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) calls on House Democrats and Republicans to return to Capitol Hill to ensure the U.S. Postal Service is ‘fully funded’ and removes Postmaster General Louis Dejoy.
“I think the house needs to come back and make sure the U.S. Postal Service is fully funded,” Sanders told ABC This Week’s George Stephanopoulos. “I think we need to do everything we can to get rid of this new Postmaster General, who is clearly a campaign participant for Trump trying to undermine the postal service.”
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He also shrugged off President Trump for blaming the stablemate on coronavirus stimulus negotiations and funding for the Post Office on Democrats.
“Three months ago, the Democratic House of Representatives passed a Heroes bill that would fund the post office, ensure that workers in this country continue with a $ 600 supplement to their unemployment insurance, if they get at least $ 1,200 unemployed, and massive aid for cities and states, “Sanders said. “To say that Democrats do not work on behalf of working people or do not fund the post office is another lie of Donald Trump.”
He argued that both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump had the opportunity to be involved in incentive talks and did not vote for them.
“Democrats sat, Mitch McConell did not participate in the negotiations. You have Donald Trump, every day he could invite Democrats and Republicans to the White House. He did not,” Sanders said. “Their job was to stimulate and ensure that there were no agreements, because half of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate do not want to contribute another nickel to U.S. labor aid during this crisis. That is the reality. “
He also accused Trump of ‘trying’ to undermine American democracy by defaming the postal service, ‘and argued that the American people’ should not take their lives on the line, and get sick and maybe die, in order to get a vote. . ‘
“Trump apparently thinks a low turnout will work for him and he wants to discourage people from voting, from emails, because he thinks it will work in his favor,” Sanders said. “That’s pathetic. That’s not what a president of the United States should do.”
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Sanders pleads for the American people to stand up for the president and Republicans and demand that they continue USPS to keep the integrity of the election intact.
“Whether you are a progressive, a moderate, or a conservative, this goes beyond political ideology,” Sanders said. “This goes to the fact whether we are a democracy or not will continue to have a president who tries to make it impossible for people to vote, and I hope in a very resounding way, the American people say” Sorry Mr. President, people fought and died for American democracy, you will not destroy it. “
Sanders’ remarks come as the House Oversight Committee has asked Dejoy to appear on Capitol Hill to testify at a hearing of his “sweeping operational and organizational changes at the Postal Service”, which the commission believes could “degrade delivery standards, the post delayed, and potentially restrict the rights of eligible Americans to cast their ballots by post in the upcoming November election. “
“Over the past several weeks, new revelations have emerged about the extent and severity of operational changes you are implementing in hundreds of postal services, without sufficient consultation with Congress, the Postal Regulatory Commission, or the Board of Governors,” Carolyn Maloney wrote. “Your testimony is particularly compelling given the cumbersome influx of reports of widespread delays at postal facilities across the country, as well as the explicit admission by President Trump last week that he blocked critical funding for coronavirus for the Postal Service to restrict mail-in voting. efforts for the upcoming elections in November. ”
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The hearing is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Eastern time on August 24.
