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Trump Says He Wants Faster Postal Service

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he wants to "speed up"
   U.S. mail delivery even as opposition Democrats are planning to vote
   this week to curb changes at the Postal Service they claim would
   inhibit the processing of an expected sharp increase in mailed-in
   ballots in November's national presidential election.

   "I have encouraged everybody to speed up the mail, not slow the mail,"
   Trump told reporters outside the White House, before leaving for
   campaign appearances in the Midwestern states of Minnesota and
   Wisconsin.

   Trump said last week he opposes $28 billion in new funding for the
   postal agency, part of it to pay for the collection and processing of
   an expected onslaught of millions of mailed-in ballots from voters too
   afraid to go to polling places during the coronavirus pandemic. For
   months, Trump has claimed without evidence that states mailing out
   ballots to voters will lead to election fraud and a rigged vote against
   him.

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