President Donald Trump appeared to tell “Mornings with Maria” on Thursday that he opposes giving money to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the …
President Donald Trump appeared to tell “Mornings with Maria” on Thursday that he opposes giving money to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the new coronavirus relief package, saying it would aid in massive voter fraud this November. “[Democrats] want $3.5 billion dollars for something that’ll turn out to be fraudulent,” Trump said. “That’s election money basically. They want $3.5 billion dollars for the mail-in votes. Universal mail-in ballots. They want $25 billion — billion — for the Post Office. Now they need that money in order to have the Post Office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots.” The USPS Board of Directors requested the $25 billion in funding, not Democrats, according to Government Executive and CNN. But Democrats have been pushing for $10 billion for the Postal Service, per the Associated Press. The president also said that without the money, nationwide mail-in voting would be nearly impossible. “If they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting because they’re not equipped to have it.” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he thought the USPS could handle the influx of mail associated with universal vote-by-mail while speaking to the Postal Service’s governing board last week, as reported by the AP.
