“The Postal Service is the one arm of public service that reaches every household and every business every day in America,” Connolly said. He does support a smaller infusion of $10 billion for the Postal Service, according to a White House official. Trump’s fury with the Postal Service and mail-in balloting has become something of an obsession in recent weeks. “In the 245 years of the Postal Service, no one has seen political attacks like this,” said James O’Rourke, a professor of management at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in the Postal Service. “The degree of intensity and focus on the Postal Service is something that hasn’t been seen in quite some time,” Steidler said.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2020 20:48 UTC