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August 14, 2020

Trump Admits He's Undermining the U.S. Postal Service to Thwart Mail-in Voting
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President Trump admitted Thursday he's working to undermine the U.S.
Postal Service in order to make it harder to vote by mail in November's
election. In an interview with the Fox Business channel, Trump said
Republicans rejected a new coronavirus stimulus bill over Democrats'
demands for $3.6 billion in aid to states to bolster election security
and $25 billion to support the Postal Service.

President Donald Trump: "Now, they need that money in order to have the
post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of
ballots. Now, in the meantime, they aren't getting there. By the way,
those are just two items. But if they don't get those two items, that
means you can't have universal mail-in voting."

Despite Trump's attacks, the president and first lady both requested
mail-in ballots for Tuesday's primary election in Florida, according to
Palm Beach County records.


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