Some Republicans fear Trump postal gambit will push seniors to Biden

Some Republican strategists are warning President Trump’s resistance to funding the U.S. Postal Service fully could boomerang with seniors, a crucial voting bloc that could swing the November election to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Trump is equivocating over whether he would sign legislation providing extra money to the Postal Service for the surge in mail-in ballots expected this fall because of the coronavirus, concerned that widespread absentee voting will lead to rampant election fraud. But concerned Republicans worry that seniors, who are susceptible to dying from COVID-19, will abandon the party on Nov. 3 if they believe the president is sabotaging the mail to force them to vote in person.