Trump trashes Postal Service workers after spending years trying to defund them

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -July 30, 2020 2:23 PM

Donald Trump is now saying the Postal Service cannot handle mail-in balloting.

Donald Trump tweeted a series of attacks on the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, suggesting it is not up to the task of handling mail-in ballots. By spotlighting issues of speed and reliability, he not only attacked the efficacy of voting by mail but also the nation's postal delivery system overall.

It comes after he has undermined the postal service and its workers throughout his administration.

On Thursday, Trump tweeted a video from a local television station in Georgia, showing an experiment in which a reporter mailed hundreds of ballot-shaped envelopes to a post office box to see how long it took them to arrive. Most, but not all, had arrived within several days. The station noted that the small percentage that did not immediately arrive could represent a huge chunk of the vote in a close election.

Trump then cited this "testing" as an example of why voting by mail in the 2020 elections would not work. "Mail-In Voting is already proving to be a catastrophic disaster," he claimed.

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-postal-service-mail-voting-2020-election-absentee-ballots-usps/

Your deflection is not going to work you POS................

[2naSalit]

1. He throws a monkeywrench into the

workings of the institution and then complains that it doesn't work. One trick pony with a really stale MO.

[Hoyt]

2. Unlike dumbasses like trump, Democrats will call their county election board if their ballot doesn't

arrive on time.

[soothsayer]

3. Some day Putin will send him tumbling out of drumpf tower

Soon I bet

[mr_lebowski]

4. What a fucking idiot ... statistically, a small % of RANDOM ballots arriving late

And perhaps not being counted (unless it's so close there's a recount, which is the only time these ballots really matter, and they WOULD be counted then) is irrelevant.


The only reason a very small % of ballots not arriving on time and being counted is if someone is manually manipulating WHICH ONES ... don't arrive on time. Or if the election is SUPER close. In which case there's a recount and presumably the ballots postmarked on time will be counted.

Tangeranus is a fucking liar and a moron. Good thing for him his cult members are also morons.

The extra work for the PO can also easily be accounted for by the election boards telling people to mail their ballots in ... EARLIER.

Derp.

[SoCalNative]

12. Absolutely not true

in my state. All mail-in in ballots are counted and recorded.

[mr_lebowski]

15. Ok, I removed the part about lots of ballots not being counted

It really wasn't an important part of the point.

The more important part is that that dudes little mailing experiment doesn't suggest that there's any practical/real issue with mail-in voting whatsoever.

All he showed is that every piece of mail doesn't travel at the exact same rate. Hello ... we've all known this since forever.

And Trump is an idiot for thinking this reality somehow undermines the concept of mail-in voting.

[Flaleftist]

5. They handle billions of letters/packages during Christmas.

I think they will be fine with tens of millions of ballots for an election.

[msongs]

6. hand deliver your filled out ballot to a local designated ballot collecting location nt

[RKP5637]

7. Trump, the greatest asshole in the history of all mankind. Even aliens in far distant

universes/galaxies are stunned at how great an asshole he is!

[madaboutharry]

8. lol!

Thanks for making me smile.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Interesting.

Best guess based on what a couple acquaintances who are Mail Carriers and having a Aunt who was a Postmaster,a large percentage of the US Postal Service vote Rethug.

Keep it up Donnie,you most likely lost another half million voters.

[spanone]

10. more shit in the blender of his march to delay election

ain't going to work

[MiniMe]

11. Well, he is all in favor of absentee voting

That is how he votes. Idiot - how do you think you absentee vote? By mail??

[duforsure]

13. trump is self destructing

The more he opens his mouth , tweets , or attacks others , more people will running away from him and republicans. He knows he is losing badly and trying to destroy the GOP.

[crickets]

14. trump says, "Tell the USPS to slow down the mail!"

trump says not long after, "Oh look -- the USPS is so slow! Isn't it slow? Look how slow it is!"

Dude, we can see and hear you create the problem as you're doing it, and then see and hear you pretend it's a surprise problem. Give up on ever being an actor, and don't bother trying to learn a magic trick, ok?