Update: Since writing this post, DeJoy has stated that no more changes will be made at USPS until after the November 3 election. It is unknown if previous changes will remain in place, or if DeJoy will restore the sorting machines and blue mailboxes taken away, back to their original location. Postal Union workers doubt if the changes will be restored. DeJoy is scheduled to testify at the House of Representative on Friday, August 21.
I never thought I would see a day where one individual could dismantle an essential part of everyday American life solely to win an election. Trump usurped his need over the entire population of the United States. He is not alone, however; he has plenty of enablers in the Republican Senate and William Barr to back him up. It is a disgrace not only for this country but to the entire world that unlike us can see America gradually emerging into an autocratic state. This is happening right now. Why can’t Americans see this or rather do not want to see it?
Back in June, Donald Trump selected Louis Dejoy to be the Postmaster General over the United States Postal Service. Dejoy has been a long time supporter of Trump and a big time donor for his campaign. As we all know by now, Trump loves to give back to those who support him. But don’t think it’s just Trump’s way of saying thank you, because he does not feel gratitude towards anyone. Trump put people in strategic places where he needs them, and it always solely for his benefit. And this cash cow is paying off big time – just in time for the election.
Many American citizens are outraged by the changes Trump is trying to accomplish through the United States Postal Service. I know there must be every day citizens who are Republican who could not possibly be for the deliberate sabotage Trump is doing to the Post Office. USPS is as American as baseball and apple pie. It impacts every single American within the United States. It is an essential part of life that has been federally regulated for three centuries, but now we have a corrupt, amoral president who is trying to dismantle it for the sole purpose of winning the election.
Trump has come out and admitted he is doing this to USPS in order to suppress our right to vote by absentee ballot or mail in the November election. He is touting some asinine theory that vote by mail is flawed and is subject to theft and fraud. There is absolutely no basis for this ludicrous claim or any data to support it. What is so pathetic is he even voted by mail himself for Florida’s election. On Fox News he boasted if Democrats did not receive an additional 25 billion for the Post Office in the next stimulus package, he does not believe the Post Office will have time to process mail in ballots. According to him, this lack of funding will cut down on opportunities of so-called mail fraud, which does not exist or have been substantiated.
Trump has went one step further and lowered the bar on what I see as one of the most hypocritical, audacious moves I ever witnessed. He has plastered his face and basically begged for votes on North Carolina’s absentee ballots recently sent out. What I do not understand is how legally a candidate could on what is suppose to be a fair voting system, advertise on a state’s absentee ballot. Of course, some of Trump’s handpicked puppets devoid of conscience came out defending the grotesque move, Thea McDonald, and Tim Wigginton. I have no doubt more will follow.
But was is the most egregious, actually evil part of his scheme, is that he is forcing Americans to get out and vote during the coronavirus crisis, when they do not have to. Does Trump care? That is a rhetorical question. He simply do not care if people have to go out into a designated crowded place to vote, and risk the Covid-19. You may vote for Donald Trump, but I can tell you once you vote for him, your existence no longer matters to him. The American people should be outraged, in this callous, manipulative move by a man who only cares about one person on this earth – himself.
Mostly everyone loves USPS, Republicans and Democrats alike. Messing with the mail impacts all of us. It will affect our bills, our prescriptions, our orders we place, cards we send to love ones, gifts, letters. We all rely on the mail which has been an intrinsic part of America since July 26, 1775, with Benjamin Franklin being the first Postmaster General. This deliberate and intentional act of Trump is causing Americans to get late fees, delays in getting bills on time or payments; it affects Veterans, many business owners, all American citizens, college students, etc. If this one single act and the orchestration behind it, does not tell Americans we are in danger by this president, than I don’t know what will.
What Trump has done in his efforts to dismantle USPS, should tell you the extremes he will go to just to get elected and get his way. It is the ultimate selfish display; one man’s desire to achieve the presidency over the desires of almost 340 million Americans. If you are concerned about your mail, and the future of United States Postal Service, please contact your state senators. You can either call or likely email them. America loves the postal service and we must do what we can to protect it.
