Unqualified Trump GOP Donor Picked to Destroy US Postal Service - we'll ALL pay

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/07/just-straight-cronyism-top-trump-and-gop-donor-picked-lead-us-postal-service-time

'Just Straight Cronyism': Top Trump and GOP Donor Picked to Lead US Postal Service in Time of Crisis
"President Trump rewards a partisan donor by installing him at the United States Postal Service. This crony doesn't cut it.

"The U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors—which is controlled by appointees of President Donald Trump—announced late Wednesday that it has unanimously selected a top Trump and GOP donor to serve as postmaster general, installing an ally of the White House to lead a popular agency that has long been a target of right-wing reforms and is currently under severe threat of collapse due to the Covid-19 crisis.

"Hard not to be cynical about the motivations for this appointment; it's an ominous sign."
—Vanita Gupta, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

In a statement, the Board of Governors touted Louis DeJoy's experience as "an accomplished business executive" in North Carolina. As the Washington Post reported, DeJoy—the head of fundraising for the Republican National Convention in Charlotte—is set to become the "first postmaster general in two decades who did not rise through the agency's ranks."

DeJoy is expected to take over as postmaster general on June 15, following the retirement of current USPS chief Megan Brennan.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), a vocal critic of the president's recent attacks on the USPS and refusal to provide the agency with desperately needed aid, slammed the selection of an executive and GOP donor with no experience working at the Postal Service, particularly at such a perilous moment for the nation's most popular government institution.

"President Trump rewards a partisan donor by installing him at the United States Postal Service," Connolly said in a statement. "The Postal Service is in crisis and needs real leadership and someone with knowledge of the issues. This crony doesn't cut it."

[live love laugh]

1. Disastrous implications for the fall election. nt

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3. It's why he's doing it. ANY mailed ballots will NOT be delivered. Period.

His crony is installed to DESTROY the USPS. Mail-in ballots will not be accepted. That alone will ensure he "wins".

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2. Yawn.

That's the same theme. It happens over and over. I think most of us can recite how it works from memory now.

That's how you systematically destroy the political and economic infrastructure of a country in broad daylight. That's intentional. It is shrewd. It is devious. It's Trump's plan and the GOP is knows that and is full complicit.

How do we make it though six more months of the same thing and still have an election? Whew! It does have all the elements of a disaster movie.

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4. As more states approve mail-in ballots, we are then expected to be perfectly fine

with mailing them directly to a turd appointee for "verification"???

I think not.

Not only will they get to make sure the ballots are "accurately counted", they will also be able to destroy the USPS employee union. Talk about a win/win!

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5. Destroying that union is what this is about. Notice they never mention it.

It's the reason they want USPS privatized.