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Trump reportedly said he would reject a bailout package if it included aid to keep the US Postal Service functioning

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President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President Mike Pence looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the $2 trillion stimulus package to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.President Trump reportedly said he wouldn't sign the CARES Act — the $2.

At least 19 USPS workers have died from COVID-19, and around 500 have been infected, USPS leaders told lawmakers.President Donald Trump said he would refuse to sign the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package if it contained funding for the United States Postal Service, according to a report Saturday from"We told them very clearly that the president was not going to sign the bill if [money for the Postal Service] was in it," a Trump administration official told the Post.

In addition to the senior White House official, The Washington Post reported a congressional official also confirmed the president threatened to refuse to sign the $2.2 trillion stimulus package known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act if it contained any relief money for the postal service.

As The Post reported, Sens. Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan, and Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, added a last-minute $10 billion loan to keep the postal service function in the short-term. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had said lawmakers' plan to offer $13 billion in funding to the postal service could derail the entire package.

 

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And they call themselves 'Conservatives', even 'Constitutionalists.' NEWSFLASH: The federal postal infrastructure goes back to our beginning as a country, it's mandated in Article 1 of our Constitution- the part that establishes the Legislative branch.

TRUMP might want to call the VA, SOCIAL SECURITY, IRS and see how allowing the USPS to fail might affect their IMPORTANT BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS!

Good. It needs to be privatized. It would be more efficient, better oversight, better service and would cost less money year over year.

Ignorance is ignorance!!

Ummm. How am I supposed to get my mail then 😑😑😑

We must not allow this to happen.

LMAO!

No one agrees with this

Pay them

Democrats are trying to use the Coronavirus as an excuse to not vote publicly instead only mail in ballots which are flawed and easily manipulated. This would give them a better shot at stealing the election by fraud. To prevent that Trump will not fund the USPS.

Republicans hate USPS because of the Postal Workers Union. They want to privatize USPS that will lead to higher prices from stamps to packages. Republicans have only love for themselves and the top 1%

Business Insider... how can you be so irresponsible?! Trump already signed the bill! It’s done and overwith. Americans have been told to start expecting checks this week. Why would you write an article with such a blatant and verifiable lie?

MAGA=The return of the Pony Express

That’s one way to make sure he quashes mail-in ballots....

How come the post office doesn’t make money ?

Corporations win everything. Game over. See ya later environment and any sense of a balanced society.

Make it stop🤬

He’s been hanging out with FedEx CEO too long....

Marc_Dylan But yet he is willing to bail out the cruise industry whose ships aren't even registered in the U.S. because they don't want to pay the taxes.

The real problem-in 2006, the law was passed requiring USPS to fund 75 yrs of pension benefits within 15 yrs. Not a sustainable business model! It isn’t so much the online retailers. Mnuchin & others should look back a few yrs for the real reason.

I would too if it involves the clowns of the French Post Office!

FakeNews alert!

But happy to agree with a slush fund for big corps?

Trump says a lot of stupid stuff. It will be over in November.

This dude is stone fucking loco.

Free and fair elections are a thing of the past in the US.

Why?

As well he should! Focus on the health crisis. Unfortunately DC uses this to waste more money.

So he just wants mass chaos huh?! smh

Trump will be the first American dictator!! No doubt!

Why would the US Postal Service require a bail out. Did their revenue decrease / expenses increase because of Covid?

Hope this is just a stupid bargaining position. Despite my misgivings about the postal system over the years, it certainly can't be allowed to fail during this crisis. Why would Republicans want to die on this hill?

His goal really is to create maximum chaos.

😒...🤨

trump’s daughter has voting machines in every RED state... and republicans do NOT want a fair and legit election

We pay taxes to support the post office

I hate to point this out but, the postal service is protected under the constitution.

Corruption to keep people from voting by mail.

The USPS is important, though!!!

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