Mailing it in: White House and Congress fight over Postal Service problems

Published August 21, 2020 3:00am ET



The Democrats are going postal on President Trump.

“We will save the post office,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, declared at the Democratic National Convention. “Remember in 2016 when Trump asked: ‘What do you have to lose?’” said Hillary Clinton, the president’s vanquished opponent from four years ago, in her own speech at the event. “Well, now we know: our health, our jobs, even our lives, our leadership in the world, and, yes, our post office.” Former President Barack Obama said Trump is trying to “kneecap” the Postal Service.

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