Democrats say the president’s move to undermine the government-run mail service offers them a chance to scoop up rural voters, veterans and seniors.
Democrats say that President Trump’s assault on the U.S. Postal Service has handed them a new political message in the 2020 election, with a chance to make inroads with constituencies who have long favored Republicans.High-profile Democrats from former president Barack Obama to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounded the alarm Friday about the president’s moves to denigrate government-run mail services, decrying it as an assault on democracy and the needs of citizens who rely on its daily deliveries.
Democrats uniformly balked at Trump’s move to restrict mail voting during a pandemic, when many Americans fear heading to the polls for fear of catching the novel“Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions, small businesses trying to keep their doors open,” Obama tweeted Friday. “They can’t be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.
“The bigger our margin, the less this clown can play games with the result,” McAuliffe wrote. “I’m doing everything I can to make that happen and I need your help. Pitch in anything you can afford right now and help me fight for Virginia Democrats.”Republicans immediately appeared to determine that Trump was creating potential political problems for them.
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