{"id":51339,"date":"2020-08-21T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-denies-outrageous-claim-hes-slowing-mail\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:56:00","slug":"postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-denies-outrageous-claim-hes-slowing-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-denies-outrageous-claim-hes-slowing-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"#Postmaster General Louis DeJoy denies \u2018outrageous claim\u2019 he\u2019s slowing mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Postmaster General<\/a> Louis DeJoy denies \u2018outrageous claim\u2019 he\u2019s slowing mail<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 21, 2020 |<\/span> 11:56am |<\/span> Updated August 21, 2020 | 12:46pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies in a virtual Senate hearing today.<\/span>
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\n Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday denied slowing mail to undermine the November election and called it an \u201coutrageous claim.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeJoy, who took office in May, denied a series<\/a> of accusations, including that he removed mailboxes, cut overtime and withdrew mail-sorting machines to hinder mass mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never spoken to the president about the Postal Service, other than to congratulate me when I accepted the position,\u201d DeJoy testified.<\/p>\n

The postmaster said this month he would pause all reforms to the US Postal Service until after the election. But he said swirling claims against him were inaccurate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I\u2019ve been here, we spent $700 million on overtime. Overtime ran at a 13 percent rate before I got here, it runs at a 13 percent rate now,\u201d DeJoy said.<\/p>\n

Asked if he would reinstall mail-sorting machines that recently were removed from some facilities, DeJoy told Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), \u201cThey\u2019re not needed, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n

On-time mail delivery has declined, DeJoy conceded, but he attributed that to the coronavirus pandemic and said the USPS would prioritize ballots over first-class mail to make sure it arrives to election officials on time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur employees are experiencing the COVID pandemic also, and we have a significant issue in employee availability in many, many parts of the country that are leading to delays in delivery of mail,\u201d DeJoy said.<\/p>\n

Democrats for weeks have accused DeJoy of a starring role in undermining the election. Many speakers at this week\u2019s Democratic National Convention suggested mail-in ballots were under threat.<\/p>\n

DeJoy specifically denied any role in removing neighborhood mailboxes or in closing post offices \u2014 actions that in some cities led to rallies around mail depositories and residents camping out to \u201cprotect\u201d collection sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have nothing to do with collection boxes,\u201d said DeJoy, testifying that 35,000 of the blue boxes were retired over the past 10 years due to declining demand.<\/p>\n

DeJoy said closing post offices also goes through a process. Both mailboxes and post office locations won\u2019t change until the election, he said.<\/p>\n

The postmaster encouraged people to \u201cvote early\u201d and said he told his management team to \u201cdouble\u201d efforts on election mail.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had weekly reviews on this since before this \u2014 all the excitement came out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Some Democrats remained skeptical, noting that Trump rails against mass mail-in ballots for potentially allowing for greater fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s just a coincidence,\u201d Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said of recent mail controversies. \u201cHere\u2019s why we\u2019re skeptical: because we have a president who doesn\u2019t want to have vote by mail.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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