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Trump Opposes Funding for Postal Service, Says U.S. ‘Can’t Have’ Mail-In Voting Without It
The comments fueled allegations that Trump is blocking funding to the Postal Service to suppress voter participation in November.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he remains opposed to billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Postal Service, noting that his position would deprive the service of money needed to process mail-in ballots this November.
Trump's comments, which linked his long-standing opposition to mail-in ballots with his refusal to OK more funding for the cash-strapped Postal Service, fueled accusations that
he is manipulating the postal system for political gain and to suppress voter participation.
The comments also come amid mounting concerns from Democrats over recent changes at the Postal Service and potential political interference at the agency ahead of the election.
During an interview on Fox Business,
Trump said Democrats' requests for $3.5 billion in funding for election resources and $25 billion in emergency funding for the Postal Service were sticking points during negotiations over another coronavirus stimulus package.
He also repeated allegations that mail-in voting will lead to voter fraud. Experts say there is not widespread voter fraud in the U.S., and there is no evidence that increased mail-in voting would lead to fraud.
"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," Trump said.
"But if they don't get those two items that means you can't have universal mail-in voting because they're not equipped to have it," Trump said.
Trump has railed against mail-in voting for months, attempting to draw a distinction between mail-in voting and absentee voting, which he has encouraged. Though the phrases are often used interchangeably, there is a slight difference: Absentee voting requires voters to request a ballot, and in some cases provide an excuse, while a small number states automatically send voters ballots in the mail, a process sometimes dubbed "universal mail-in voting."
A stimulus bill passed by the Democratic-controlled House earlier this summer approved $25 billion in funding for the Postal Service, which is facing massive budget shortfalls amid the coronavirus pandemic.
That measure was dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate, and Democrats have since been pushing for $10 billion for the Postal Service in now-stalled negotiations over a compromise stimulus package.
In July, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins from Maine, supported a bill to give the Postal Service $25 billion in funding
A spokesperson for former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said Trump was "sabotaging" the Postal Service to deprive people of the right to vote.
"The President of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundred of million of people rely upon,
cutting a critical lifeline for rural economies and for delivery of medicines, because he wants to deprive Americans of their fundamental right to vote safely during the most catastrophic public health crisis in over 100 years," Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, Virginia Democrat, said
Trump's comments Thursday illustrate that the president is holding up funding to the Postal Service to limit voting in November.
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