Trump's Post Office Attack 'Shameful, Unpatriotic:' Sherrill

PARSIPPANY, NJ - President Donald Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Thursday morning that he would block additional funding and election assistance for the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting. And U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill was quick to respond.

"Deliberately sabotaging the USPS to undermine free and fair elections is shameful and unpatriotic," Sherrill said in a statement.

Trump said in a press conference on Wednesday that he would not sign off on either the $25 billion in emergency funds for the USPS or the $3.5 billion grant to help it process election-related mail that Democrats wanted in a federal COVID-19 relief bill.

"They need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots," Trump said in the phone interview. "Now, in the meantime, they aren't getting there. By the way, those are just two items. But if they don't get those two items, that means you can't have universal mail-in voting, because they're not equipped."

Sherrill called on her colleagues to make forward progress on the relief packages.

"The USPS is vital to our democracy, our seniors, our veterans, and Americans across the country," she said. "The Senate must stop stonewalling and support the USPS against the President's attack."

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