Headline RoundupAugust 13th, 2020

Perspectives: Trump Opposes Democrat Proposals for More USPS Funding

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Donald Trump said Thursday in an interview with Fox News that he wanted to keep new funding away from the United States Postal Service (USPS), linking it to his skepticism about mail-in voting and blaming Democrats for holding up new COVID-19 coronavirus relief over extra USPS funding. Coverage from many left-rated sources and some center-rated sources framed Trump's comments as him admitting to taking steps to undermine mail-in voting. Some left-rated voices accused him of active voter suppression. Coverage of the comments from right-rated sources focused more on quoting the comments, and rarely interpreted them the way most coverage from left-rated sources did; a few reports mentioned that FedEx and UPS stocks rose on the news. Some right-rated voices accused Democrats of abusing mail-in voting and the USPS for political gain.

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