8/7/20 – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy denied claims that the U.S. Postal Service is deliberately slowing down the delivery of election-related mail, after it implemented new practices like eliminating most overtime. This has allowed undelivered mail to pile up in post offices.

“Let me be clear that, with regard to election mail, the Postal Service and I are fully committed to fulfilling our role in the electoral process,” DeJoy said Friday at a meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors. “We will do everything that we can to deliver election mail in a timely manner consistent with our operational standards, and despite any assertions to the contrary, we are not slowing down election mail or any other mail.”

Democrats have raised concerns about the recent slowdowns in mail delivery, particularly since many voters will elect to cast their ballots by mail this November due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On Friday, Democratic lawmakers including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Carolyn Maloney called on the Postal Service inspector general to investigate DeJoy’s recent changes.

They say he hasn’t adequately explained his decisions to cut the hours of operation of some post offices or to end overtime for postal workers, and they pointed to a recent report saying that his changes have already begun to result in delivery delays.

The lawmakers have asked the Postal Service watchdog to audit all the recently implemented operational changes, analyze the impact they’ve had on mail delivery and forecast their effect on the mail service required for the upcoming election.

The Democrats are also requesting that the IG assess whether DeJoy and his wife, who “reportedly own assets worth tens of millions” in competitors to the Postal Service, have fully complied with ethics requirements.

DeJoy, a businessman who contributed to President Trump and Republican causes before he was appointed postmaster general in May, also said that he would not allow his relationship with the president to influence his position.

“While I certainly have a good relationship with the president of the United States, the notion that I would ever make decisions concerning the Postal Service at the direction of the president or anyone else in the administration is wholly off base,” DeJoy said. Read full article at MSN News

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PEN: WHAT CAN YOU BELIEVE?

You can believe this:

• PMG Brennan announced her intentions to retire back in October 2019 – she was NOT forced to retire in an effort to allow President Trump to appoint our current PMG – who, many want you to believe, will sabotage USPS in an effort to help President Trump get reelected – what an asinine idea…can you say conspiracy theory . Brennan to retire – PMG to step down in early 2020
• Mail delivery across this nation has been slowly getting worse over the past several years – this IS NOT the fault of our hard working postal employees…it IS the fault of a broken business model that USPS has followed for years. Our media wants you to believe that our new PMG is slowing the delivery of mail, especially election mail, in an effort to help President Trump win the 2020 election. Again – FALSE. Mail delivery, and election mail delivery, has been slowing for a long time now – you know it and we know it. Thousands of media outlets have been reporting this problem for a VERY long time…the installation of a new Postmaster General DID NOT just all of a sudden start this problem. If mailed election material, or ballots, were being purposely slowed down by USPS don’t you think that there would be thousands of postal employees crying fowl? Yes, they would. These news outlets, and most left wing thinkers, want you to believe PMG DeJoy, under guidance from President Trump, is purposely setting the stage for a failed election – NO, the problem with the upcoming election is that liberals are demanding mail-in voting…knowing that it will create huge problems…not to mention extremely late election results. Their hope? to open the door to contest the election results if their candidate loses.

  Mail delivery, and election related mail, may be slowing down but it certainly is NOT being slowed under order from PMG DeJoy. We have not received any reports from postal employees across our nation stating that the PMG’s order to cut overtime has slowed any first class mail in a significant manner – possibly bulk rate mail has slowed even more. There are numerous reports of election ballots being late, lost, or missent…but this IS NOT happening under order from our PMG – this is happening due to problems USPS has had for many years. Every election in the past has experienced lost or late ballots…this is NOT something new. Read a few of the articles linked below concerning late mail delivery or lost mail:

• 11/3/16 – Hundreds Of Ohio Absentee Ballots Missing – Lost In The Mail
• 3/4/20 – Arlington Heights Residents Are Fed Up With The Lost And Late Mail, Say Postal Service Is Unresponsive
• 8/17/18 – Louisiana residents complain of delayed or no mail delivery
• 12/9/16 – Charlotte residents not happy with no mail, late mail from Postal Service
• 7/8/20 – Chicago Area Residents Say They’ve Gotten No Mail For Weeks, Are Missing Necessities Such As Medicines
• 11/10/18 – Democrat Online Community Asks “Is it possible that a U.S. Postal Service employee would try to sabotage the election process?”
• 11/8/16 – New Jerseyans Report Mail-In Ballot Issues

So, the problem with late mail or late or lost election ballots has been a problem for a very long time. Our current PMG, and President, are not conspiring to destroy USPS, mail delivery, or election results. Don’t be fooled by these false accusations.

Follow this Google link to read more historical problems with mail-in balloting: CLICK HERE