Trump opposes postal service funding to block vote by mail
US president says Democrats ’need that money to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots’
13 August 2020 - 22:43
Washington — President Donald Trump Thursday directly tied his opposition to a proposed $25bn financial lifeline for the Postal Service to his criticism of efforts to encourage mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.
In an interview with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo, the president said Democrats “need that money to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots”. And that without it “that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting because they’re not equipped to have it”...
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