Benjamin Jealous, President of People For the American Way, on Saving the U.S. Postal Service

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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With less than 90 days to the November election, concerns are mounting that the Trump Administration is actively undermining the U.S. Postal Service. Although the USPS is the country’s most popular government agency, President Trump recently dismissed it as a “joke” and questioned its ability to deliver mail-in ballots on time. Trump’s newly appointed Postmaster General, who was also a major Trump campaign donor, has limited overtime work, and extra mail delivery, moves that postal workers say have created mail backlogs. In response, Benjamin Jealous, the President of the People For the American Way, is spearheading a campaign to defend the Postal Service. We’ll talk to Jealous about what can be done to ensure that Americans can have confidence in the mail service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.6	President Trump has called the U.S. Postal Service a joke, and concerns are mounting that with less than 90 days to the election, his administration is actively undermining the post office's ability to deliver mail on time.
1:40.1	We'll talk to Benjamin Jealous, President of the People for the American Way, who is spearheading a campaign to defend the post office.
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2:10.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. With less than 90 days until the November election,
2:18.8	concerns are mounting that the Trump administration is actively undermining the Postal Service.
2:24.1	Although the Postal Service is the country's most popular government agency,
2:27.6	President Trump recently dismissed it as a joke and questioned its ability to deliver mail-in ballots on time.
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