Perspectives: Trump Opposes Democrat Proposals for More USPS Funding
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From the Right
Democrats Sure Love the Post OfficeIf you’ve ever made the mistake of signing up for campaign emails from Democrats, if only out of morbid curiosity, you are inundated with requests for money from every candidate and cause under the Sun. In an odd way, it’s amusing to get an email from Eric Holder’s group hyperventilating about Republican gerrymandering while ignoring states like Maryland (where I live) where the former Democratic governor admitted they drew the lines to eliminate as many Republican members of Congress as possible (they got two of three with a map that...
From the Left
Trump confesses to voter suppressionPresident Trump has admitted to intentional voter suppression. The Post reports, “President Trump said Thursday that he does not want to fund the U.S. Postal Service because Democrats are seeking to expand mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic, making explicit the reason he has declined to approve $25 billion in emergency funding for the cash-strapped agency.” There is no nuance, no joke. Republicans are firmly opposing free and fair elections — unless they do something about this.
Trump and Republicans have been successful in imposing a raft of measures designed...
From the Center
Biden campaign accuses Trump of 'sabotaging' post officePresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign on Thursday ripped President Trump's opposition to funding for the U.S. Postal Service, calling it "an assault on our democracy."
The Biden campaign seized on comments Trump made to Fox Business Network, where he signaled that he was against approving funding for the Postal Service that Democrats have pushed as part of coronavirus legislation because it would strengthen access to mail-in ballots.
"The President of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundreds of millions of people rely upon, cutting a...
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