House GOP leader says Congress will 'make sure' postal service is funded

[RandySF]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that Republicans do not support withholding funding from the U.S. Postal Service and, in a break with Trump, urged voters to cast ballots by mail.

“The Postal Service will have the funding that it needs,” McCarthy said in an interview on CNBC. “We will make sure of that. We want to make sure we have an accurate election. I think any Republican that gets their ballot in the mail should vote and make sure their vote is counted.”

McCarthy noted that Trump on Thursday said he would not veto legislation that does contain the extra funding to support the Postal Service even as he rails against it.

In an interview Thursday with Fox Business Network, Trump said he opposes a $25 billion emergency injection sought by the U.S. Postal Service, as well as a Democratic proposal to provide $3.6 billion in additional election funding to the states. Both of those requests have been tied up in congressional negotiations over a new coronavirus relief package.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/14/trump-biden-live-updates/

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. What a hero.

You suck, Kevin. So do all your partners in crime.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Sure, Jan

[intrepidity]

3. Is that before or after they haul equipment away?

Oh right, after, since they already started.

[Iliyah]

4. He's getting heat from the house republicans . . .

many of their voters are senior citizens that rely on the USPS as well as voting by mail.

[octoberlib]

14. Yep. There was an article earlier that post-Trump they want a new leader.

The Lincoln Project told all their NeverTrump followers to call their Senators and House Reps about the USPS and tweeted out phone #'s .
Republican reps will pay more attention if the complaints come from Republicans in their district.

[Skittles]

5. I trust them

don't you?

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. No they wont, cant.

Even if they wanted to, not up to them.

[pfitz59]

7. Blah blah blah

Sure you will. Just as soon as y'all get back from your month-long vacay..

[Zoonart]

8. Do they support the removal of sorting machines...

and taking mail boxes off the street?

WHAT? Is it just the money or are they committed to reversing the ratf#ucking?

Asking for a friend.

[jayfish]

9. "You can Trust Us Folks."

"Mail in those ballots. We'll make sure they get somewhere, sometime."

[Blue_true]

10. Don't trust him. People, if things are messed up when you get your ballot,

either fill it out and hand walk it to the county supervisor or elections, or take it with you when you early vote - turn it in and ask for an early vote ballot.

[gratuitous]

11. Bold strategy, Kevin

Of course the House will make sure the USPS is funded; you're not in charge there. What about your compatriots in the Senate? And where are the House Republicans in all this? Why aren't they out there in public working for the right of all citizens to vote? Instead, House Republicans are preoccupied with suing imaginary cows.

[RockRaven]

12. With the Senate out of town for a month, it will be too late to remediate Trump's damage

no matter what kind of bill they pass. McConnell wasn't just screwing people over covid by adjourning, he was helping Trump submarine the USPS before election day.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Folks,most to the pure dependant

persons who rely on the Mail Service tend to be in Rural Red America. Wondered just how long before some Rethug had to speak up.

BTW,those Rural Areas are prime Box Holder Mailers for the GOP. Do not think for a new york second,these Rethugs will let their reelection mailers not get delivered.

[SharonAnn]

15. He needs to talk to the Senate. They're blocking things.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. PINO Caved

Now saying he WILL sign a relief bill with $ for USPS.
Probably was made aware the bill would pass veto proof.

[Squinch]

17. It doesn't matter. The new people at the top of the Post Office have been tasked with

ruining it.

More money will not do a damn thing.

Too late, Kevin. You got what you wished for.

[SharonAnn]

18. He needs to talk to the Senate. They're blocking things.