Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden slammed President Trump on Thursday after the president announced his opposition to funding for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in the latest economic stimulus package.
“Pure Trump,” Biden said after a reporter asked him about the president’s remarks.
“He does not want elections,” the Democrat said.
Trump announced his latest stance on funding for the USPS Thursday over Fox Business’ ‘Morning with Maria,’ where he said Democrats “want $ 3.5 billion for something that will prove fraudulent – that’s in election money in principle, “Trump said, referring to a $ 3.6 billion congressional Democrat figure explicitly required to vote by mail.
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“They want $ 25 billion for the post office. Now, they need that money to run the post office so it can take all those millions and millions of votes,” Trump said Thursday.
“But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can not have universal mail-in-voice because they are not equipped to have it,” he added.
Eight states and Washington, DC automatically send mail-in ballots to every registered voter, representing 18 percent of the country with 38 million voters, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times.
The majority of the country, including 34 states and 120 million voters, are allowed to apply for ballots. While 50 million voters in the remaining eight states are required to have a reason why they cannot vote in person, only they are allowed to vote in absentia.
“What [negotiators] said is different from what the president says, “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference Thursday.” If they came into the room and said the president never does this, then that’s something we’ll take to the American people. And the American people want the Postal Service to be protected and preserved. “
Pelosi said the $ 25 billion figure was determined by the USPS board, adding that Americans rely on the service as more than the ability to vote, but to receive wages – including for some, the financial relief for relief submitted by the government, along with prescription medicines.
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“If we do not make a deal, it means they are not getting the money. That means they can not have a universal post-in-vote. They just can not have it,” Trump told Bartiromo Thursday morning.
Biden’s campaign said Trump “sabotaged” the American right to vote by actively preventing funds from reaching the U.S. Postal Service.
“The President of the United States is sabotaging a basic facility that hundreds of millions of people rely on, is cutting a critical lifeline for rural economies and for the supply of medicines, because he gave Americans their fundamental rights to vote safely during the most catastrophic crisis. public health in more than 100 years, “Andrew Bates, a spokesman for the Biden campaign, said in a statement on Thursday.
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Democrats have called for increased subsidy for the postal service as the coronavirus pandemic continues, to allow for increased voting for e-mail.
There will be fewer polling stations, along with guidelines for social distance because of the coronavirus, and at risk groups will still be warned against appearing in public, especially among groups of people.
