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leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 11:56 AM Sep 2020

Help ! Need help on USPS Mess.

who hired DeJoy? Who hired the USPS Board of Govenors. Who do the Board members answer to?

I have righty on Neighborhood who says Trump is not responsible in any way for the USPS mess.

Need reputable sources. Not FAKE News. Everything is fake news to her.

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sl8

(13,736 posts)
5. Note that the article (incorrectly) has the PG being appointed by bothTrump and the Board.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:08 PM
Sep 2020

Last edited Sun Sep 6, 2020, 01:13 PM - Edit history (1)


[...]

President Donald Trump appointed a new postmaster general for the U.S. Postal Service in May, and this summer his pick has come under criticism on social media.

[...]

Leadership of the Postal Service has been reshaped with mostly Trump appointees. Its board of governors appointed North Carolina businessman and Trump campaign donor Louis DeJoy to the helm after U.S. Postal Service career veteran Megan Brennan retired earlier this year.

[..]



Officially, at least, the Postmaster General is appointed by the Board of Governors, not the President.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
4. This!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:07 PM
Sep 2020

The entire Board of Governors needs to be sent to prison. NOW. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

They must be prosecuted in order for the American people to regain a sense of trust in the justice system and government.

snowybirdie

(5,223 posts)
7. Don't forget
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:18 PM
Sep 2020

Bernie Sanders blocked all of Obama's nominees to the Board. They apparently went progressive enough. Thereby causing a large number of vacancies when tRump became President. He was able to pack the Board with his ilk. We all should have paid much more attention.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
8. Honestly, I wouldn't bother trying to convince a trumper of anything.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:21 PM
Sep 2020

As they say, it's like rolling in the mud with pigs. You get dirty and the pigs love it.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
10. I agree with you abd I usually don't but she was
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:40 PM
Sep 2020

just so hoity toity.

I just put the article out there for interested people to read.

She will just say it's fake news.. That's the answer to evetything.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
14. This is funny. Her reply was that the Senate had to
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 05:35 PM
Sep 2020

approve the Board of Directors. To which another person responded that they were Republican.

She ran out of arguments at that point.

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