Trump ripped for saying he’s making USPS great again: ‘Guys, I think the president might be lying to us’
Published August 15, 2020 By Bob Brigham
President Donald Trump on Saturday defending the sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
At a pressconference at the president’s private, members-only Bedminster Golf Club, Trump said DeJoy was trying to make the USPS “great again.”
Here’s some of what people were saying about his comments:
President Trump on his support for Postmaster General DeJoy: "He's a fantastic man. He wants to make the post office great again. You ever hear the expression? He wants to make the post office great again. The post office is catastrophe."
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) August 15, 2020
By doing this? pic.twitter.com/SqPH6fn7Re
— Maureen
(@momads99) August 15, 2020Perhaps I'm just a bit confused, but I'm unable to see how delaying mail for weeks makes the Post Office great?
— Scott L (@The1wiggin) August 15, 2020
We will be retiring the word “great,” once this hell is over. Right, @MerriamWebster ? Right?
— Robin L (@RobinLuvsDisney) August 15, 2020
Or profiting off of them.
— Corinne – I didn't see sh*t (@CorinneFavero) August 15, 2020
Guys I think the president might be lying to us
— Fleetwood Macintosh (@trubisky10) August 15, 2020
Trump says his campaign donor who was appointed as postmaster general has his backing for efforts to undermine services, which are delaying the delivery of life-saving medicine, paychecks and other needs: “He wants to make the post office great again.” pic.twitter.com/7WNLyQibtK
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) August 15, 2020
The way he makes things great again seem at odds with the definition.
— Lee Goettl Voices (@leegoettl) August 15, 2020
Jesus Christ. https://t.co/BsG5Z8MWWL
— IllinoisNewDemocratRicoP (@reesetheone1) August 15, 2020
The Postal Service is our only hope, enshrined in the US Constitution…Trump’s brazen attempt to sabotage one is sabotaging both.
I:8:7 "To establish Post Offices" pic.twitter.com/3G6smG3pmN
— Raziel Abulafia (@AbuRaziel) August 15, 2020
The repeated problem is @realDonaldTrump’s lack of understanding of the definition of making something “great again.”
His blatant undermining and attempted deconstruction of the U.S. Post Office is the real “catastrophe.”#TrumpPressBriefing #TrumpPressConference pic.twitter.com/VLfIXROsce
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) August 15, 2020
WATCH: Protesters dump ballots outside of USPS head Louis DeJoy’s home
August 15, 2020 By Matthew Chapman
On Saturday morning, angry crowds of protesters gathered outside of pro-Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s residence in Washington, D.C. to protest his organizational changes rolling back capacity at the Postal Service — changes widely suspected of sabotaging mail-in voting ahead of the November election.
The protesters banged together pots and pans and blew air horns. Many of them gathered at the entrance holding fake mail-in ballots and shoved them into the bars of his front door.
Watch below:
Upon arrival…. pic.twitter.com/Y4ipb7iyNx
— John Domen (@JDDsays) August 15, 2020Now they’re putting fake (blank) ballots on the front door of the building for delivery pic.twitter.com/er1hfhTAsP
— John Domen (@JDDsays) August 15, 2020
Maddow reveals how one state stood up to Trump’s USPS cuts — and won
August 14, 2020
By Bob Brigham
The host of 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC (screengrab)
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow’s opening segment on Friday focused on a positive story of political pressure stopping one of the Trump administration’s attacks on the U.S. Postal Service.
Maddow reported how NBC Montana reporter Maritsa Georgiou had doggedly reported on the removal of postal boxes in Missoula, where she is based. Missoula has been a long-time Democratic Party stronghold.
Montana has a competitive U.S. Senate election in 2020, with Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock challenging first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines.
As Georgiou chased the story, she learned there were also plans to remove boxes in the battleground of Billings. And more planned for the blue town of Bozeman. And other towns.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) was already focused on the issue, but Georgiou’s reporting and the public attention got both Republicans in the congressional delegation, Daines and Rep. Greg Gianforte, to issue critical statements.
By the end of the day, the Postal Service in Montana had dropped the plans to remove the boxes.
Here’s the final product that hit the 5pm news tonight. Thanks to all of you for helping share this today! #mtnews #mtpol #USPS pic.twitter.com/SZYuODzYwY
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
“If the Trump administration thinks that Republican voters can somehow be talked into the idea that slowing down the mail and stealing all the mailboxes is great for America and therefore Republican senators and members of Congress will go along with it and cheer for it, that just might need more thought given the way the post office works in all of our lives,” Maddow explained.
“This is the kind of fight that most Americans have a side they want to be on and it is not the side that is stealing the mailboxes and telling us that, ‘Yeah, I don’t think it’s going to work out for you to get your ballot in on time.’ But the important thing here is that pushback works,” she reported
“They were planning on doing this everywhere and then people got really mad when they noticed them doing it and they screamed and yelled and that stopped them,” Maddow explained “In this era, especially as we are getting closer and closer to the election and this stuff is getting more and more blatant and overt, hoping for the best doesn’t work, right? Shame doesn’t work. We’ve seen the president flat out admit it, right? That he’s doing this stuff for the reasons we know he’s doing it. Hope doesn’t work, shame doesn’t work, but noise does, it turns out. Not always, but it’s sort of the only thing that’s working now.”
“Locally focused outrage and complaint and hard questions and ‘We’re not going to take it!’ sometimes works. At least it did today in Montana and then very soon thereafter nationwide. You can thank Montana, I believe, for having saved your state from going through this same thing maybe even before the rest of us knew it was starting to happen,” Maddow concluded
Watch Read Maritsa Georgiou’s full thread:
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow’s opening segment on Friday focused on a positive story of political pressure stopping one of the Trump administration’s attacks on the U.S. Postal Service.
Maddow reported how NBC Montana reporter Maritsa Georgiou had doggedly reported on the removal of postal boxes in Missoula, where she is based. Missoula has been a long-time Democratic Party stronghold.
Montana has a competitive U.S. Senate election in 2020, with Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock challenging first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines.
As Georgiou chased the story, she learned there were also plans to remove boxes in the battleground of Billings. And more planned for the blue town of Bozeman. And other towns.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) was already focused on the issue, but Georgiou’s reporting and the public attention got both Republicans in the congressional delegation, Daines and Rep. Greg Gianforte, to issue critical statements.
By the end of the day, the Postal Service in Montana had dropped the plans to remove the boxes.
Here’s the final product that hit the 5pm news tonight. Thanks to all of you for helping share this today! #mtnews #mtpol #USPS pic.twitter.com/SZYuODzYwY
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
“If the Trump administration thinks that Republican voters can somehow be talked into the idea that slowing down the mail and stealing all the mailboxes is great for America and therefore Republican senators and members of Congress will go along with it and cheer for it, that just might need more thought given the way the post office works in all of our lives,” Maddow explained.
“This is the kind of fight that most Americans have a side they want to be on and it is not the side that is stealing the mailboxes and telling us that, ‘Yeah, I don’t think it’s going to work out for you to get your ballot in on time.’ But the important thing here is that pushback works,” she reported
“They were planning on doing this everywhere and then people got really mad when they noticed them doing it and they screamed and yelled and that stopped them,” Maddow explained “In this era, especially as we are getting closer and closer to the election and this stuff is getting more and more blatant and overt, hoping for the best doesn’t work, right? Shame doesn’t work. We’ve seen the president flat out admit it, right? That he’s doing this stuff for the reasons we know he’s doing it. Hope doesn’t work, shame doesn’t work, but noise does, it turns out. Not always, but it’s sort of the only thing that’s working now.”
“Locally focused outrage and complaint and hard questions and ‘We’re not going to take it!’ sometimes works. At least it did today in Montana and then very soon thereafter nationwide. You can thank Montana, I believe, for having saved your state from going through this same thing maybe even before the rest of us knew it was starting to happen,” Maddow concluded
Watch Read Maritsa Georgiou’s full thread:
The Montana Letter Carriers Union just confirmed the removal of 13 in Missoula, 9 in Bozeman, and orders to remove 3 in Lewistown and 30 in Billings. #mtnews #USPS
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020A source that wishes to stay anonymous just sent me this email, outlining the order to remove USPS collection boxes in Missoula. One is outside Target. Several are downtown. #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/LPYkPVbUhA
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020A source that wishes to stay anonymous just sent me this email, outlining the order to remove USPS collection boxes in Missoula. One is outside Target. Several are downtown. #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/LPYkPVbUhA
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
Spox for @SteveDaines says: "The senator is looking into the situation and has strong concerns with reports of boxes being removed and impacts to service times. The senator is a strong advocate for the USPS And will continue working to ensure the USPS is working for Montanans."
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
I just looked up all of the addresses of the Missoula collection boxes on the removal list. Take a look: #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/X0tITx2hUU
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
You can add @GregForMontana to the list of Montana lawmakers writing letters. His team just sent me this letter to Postmaster General after I reached out to them earlier. #mtpol #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/OenPaRxJ2r
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
Add @GovernorBullock to the list of politicians writing the Postmaster General about the Montana USPS boxes. #mtpol #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/J6BtsKCrlr
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
Also, couldn’t have done this today without the help of @marwhi @Swyberg3 and @darrenNBCMT . Thanks so much to them!
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
Spox for @SteveDaines says: "The senator is looking into the situation and has strong concerns with reports of boxes being removed and impacts to service times. The senator is a strong advocate for the USPS And will continue working to ensure the USPS is working for Montanans."
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
I just looked up all of the addresses of the Missoula collection boxes on the removal list. Take a look: #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/X0tITx2hUU
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
You can add @GregForMontana to the list of Montana lawmakers writing letters. His team just sent me this letter to Postmaster General after I reached out to them earlier. #mtpol #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/OenPaRxJ2r
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
Add @GovernorBullock to the list of politicians writing the Postmaster General about the Montana USPS boxes. #mtpol #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/J6BtsKCrlr
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
Also, couldn’t have done this today without the help of @marwhi @Swyberg3 and @darrenNBCMT . Thanks so much to them!
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020
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