Democrats “now use the postal service just as they used the Russian imposition to get at this president,” House Judiciary Committee spokesman Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., Told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday.
Collins responded to the fact that the House of Representatives on Saturday passed a $ 25 billion infusion to the U.S. Postal Service in a bill that would also reverse new austerity measures and ban any attempt to delay the post until at least next year.
The vote was 257-150 with 26 Republicans voting for the Democrats.
Democrats called the rare “emergency” session in the midst of the summer recession because they oppose President Trump and new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy trying to sabotage the 2020 election by delaying service delays that post-vote at the coronavirus pandemic may compromise.
Republicans dismissed the Democrats’ election campaign as a conspiracy theory. GOP members said the Postal Service is not in a crisis and could process any uptick in volume of post-in ballot papers, pointing to its $ 14 billion in available cash and access to a $ 10 billion loan from the Treasury.
‘It was about political theater. That’s all it was, “Collins said Sunday in describing the vote.
He went on to say that “Speaker Pelosi [was] try to extend the Democratic National Convention one more day to get a little more headlines, take another hit with the President and just make a case that there is this great conspiracy that exists in the postal service, and realize that the postal service is still solvent until next August this time, they still have money, they still have money. ”
He added that the “real reason” is “Democratic voter oppression.”
‘That’s them [Democrats are] tried to scare people into voting, “Collins said, adding that instilling fear” is so false a story. ”
“That this is nothing more than political theater and actually in principle speaker Pelosi who is currently making a political statement about the American people in this crisis,” Collins continued.
The legislation is not expected to go anywhere. The GOP-led Senate has no plans to pass the bill and the White House on Friday issued a veto threat that USPS does not require a $ 25 billion fee.
Trump on Saturday tweeted his opposition to funding for the Postal Service, linking it to his objections to universal post-vote.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS FREE ADVANCE WITH $ 25B POST OFFICE PAYMENT, GOP INCLUDED RARE SATURDAY VOICE OF A ‘JOKE’
Democrats point to growing constituencies’ concerns about postal delays coinciding with postal changes on DeJoy’s watch. DeJoy denied that all political motives were at stake, but told a panel of the House of Representatives that there had been an enlargement.
Under mounting pressure, a loud protest at his Washington home and alarm over the removal of blue collection boxes in communities, DeJoy announced Tuesday that he would take a break from all service changes until after the election.
“The postmaster general did what I think is right,” Collins said on Sunday. “Unfortunately, I have said this many times, the perception of many people is a reality and the perception generated by the Democrats was that there was this great conspiracy between the postmaster general and others to throw the election.”
He went on to explain that “the reality is” that during the pandemic the “postal system works.”
Collins added, “November 3 will be the election, people will be able to vote, they will have a chance to say what they want for this country and I believe we need to take the fear out of it.”
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The Postal Service has lost about $ 80 billion since 2007 due to a decline in postal volume and a congressional request that the Retirement Service of the Postal Service retire health benefits. The problems at the Postal Service have been under the spotlight especially this year with the pandemic and greater dependence on post-in services.
Fox News’ Marisa Schultz contributed to this report.
