{"id":28485,"date":"2020-04-08T10:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28485"},"modified":"2020-04-08T10:35:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:35:57","slug":"president-trump-responds-to-va-congressmans-claim-that-hes-hastening-the-demise-of-u-s-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/04\/08\/president-trump-responds-to-va-congressmans-claim-that-hes-hastening-the-demise-of-u-s-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump responds to Va. congressman&#8217;s claim that he&#8217;s &#8216;hastening the demise&#8217; of U.S. Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wusa9.com\/embeds\/video\/65-8145656f-f4a8-4135-85d1-8df516c17034\/iframe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) accused the president of personally removing $25 billion from the CAREs Act stimulus bill in an exclusive WUSA9 report<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump has directly responded to a claim made by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) that he is &#8216;hastening the demise&#8217; of the U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive WUSA9\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/politics\/national-politics\/congressman-says-trump-directly-involved-in-removing-stimulus-funds-for-postal-service\/65-b6d16a3b-c10e-4404-acaf-f8b245145567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>, Connolly alleged Trump personally intervened in negotiations of the CAREs Act stimulus bill between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate leadership.<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump has directly responded to a claim made by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) that he is &#8216;hastening the demise&#8217; of the U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive WUSA9\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/politics\/national-politics\/congressman-says-trump-directly-involved-in-removing-stimulus-funds-for-postal-service\/65-b6d16a3b-c10e-4404-acaf-f8b245145567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>, Connolly alleged Trump personally intervened in negotiations of the CAREs Act stimulus bill between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate leadership. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/trump-postal-service-coronavirus-mail-covid-19\/65-19643faa-e8d2-4dd7-844e-1192f41240b5\">WUSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28412\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS.jpg 478w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) accused the president of personally removing $25 billion from the CAREs Act stimulus bill in an exclusive WUSA9 report WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump has directly responded to a claim made by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) that he is &#8216;hastening the demise&#8217; of the U.S. Postal Service. 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