Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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“The @USPS Board of Governors has a responsibility to serve the public interest. That means you deliver the mail on time – not acting as accomplices to the Postmaster General’s partisan sabotage. “If the board does not fire Louis DeJoy and reverse the damage, they must also resign,” Warren tweeted Friday.
De @USPS Board of Directors has a responsibility to serve the public interest. That means you deliver the mail on time – not acting as accomplices to the Postmaster General’s partisan sabotage. If the board does not dismiss Louis DeJoy and reverse the damage, they must also resign. https://t.co/7lA3mlyRw3
– Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) 21 August 2020
The tweet came after a controversial hearing held by the GOP-chaired Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in which DeJoy, a key GOP donor and ally of President Trump
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DeJoy insists he will postpone some of the changes until after Nov. 3. To prevent this from having an effect on an election that is expected to rely heavily on mail messages. However, the official decided the “false and unjustified” narrative he was trying to suppress the vote.
“Managing the postal service in an efficient and effective manner cannot succeed if everything is politicized,” DeJoy said, adding that he has never discussed the Postal Service with President Trump.
“I recognize that it has become impossible to separate the necessary long-term reform efforts we need to undertake from the broader political environment surrounding the elections, and I do not want to pursue direct efforts that may be used. to plague the Postal Service market, especially as it relates to our role in the democratic process, ”he said.
DeJoy added that guaranteeing mail-in-ballots in time for this year’s election is his’ No. 1 priority. ”
Democrats in Washington have stated that despite DeJoy’s guarantees and his decision to delay the changes, they have every intention of overseeing the agency.
Democrats have long expressed concern that DeJoy’s proposed changes, which include a staff shake-up, removal of job vacancies, reducing overtime for postal workers and adjusting delivery policies, would have a timely impact, but Republicans backed Friday that the concerns of their colleagues were unfounded.
“From what I have heard so far today, apparently the post office never had any problems, there were still no delays … until 65 days ago when you arrived, and then apparently all the chaos has erupted,” Sen. James Lankford
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