“I have put word around to different people that this is not helpful to the Postal Service,” DeJoy said. Wasserman Schultz cited machines from postal processing plants in her district that postal workers told her they want restored. That’s part of the problem at the Postal Service,” DeJoy responded. The president repeatedly has argued that Amazon costs the Postal Service billions of dollars in potential revenue, even though officials have explained to him that Amazon’s contracts with the Postal Service are profitable for the agency. Trump also called the Postal Service “a joke,” and falsely claimed it lost money on last-mile deliveries conducted for private-sector competitors.

Source: Washington Post August 24, 2020 13:21 UTC