Thread by @DempseyTwo

Louis DeJoy has been the Post Master General for 67 days. He shouldn’t be PMG for another 67 seconds. He has already admitted to being unaware of at least 2 processes within the postal service. Those processes had to do with removal of blue collection boxes.

DeJoy is a talker. This format of hearing where he doesn’t get cues the time of the Senator is up is going to cause him to say things he probably shouldn’t. Especially as he tires. This should be instructive as the House prepares for next week. Sure @RepKatiePorter is watching.

Senator Carper has a hot mic ‘f....f....f...’ moment when he nearly misses his time to question DeJoy. Ah, 2020 covid zoom headings.

*Hearings. Petey mKing typing hard today.

Lankford R-OK Begins by down playing the seriousness of the issue of the day. Says the post office has never had delays prior to this Post Master General. You know, like we’re idiots and don’t know this is a disingenuous distraction from voter suppression. He employs bothsidism.

Lankford invokes USPS capacity at Christmas and Mother’s Day as a way of showing they have capacity to handle ballots for elections day. He displays the presence of Structural Racism by not considering the fact that you can vote even if you don’t celebrate Christmas.

Hassan D-NH great point. Just because volume may be down, doesn’t mean that volume you do have should be delayed. She explains patients rationing medications because they get it through the mail. DeJoy says he will not delay access to medications. How? Is mail see through?

Hassan: we only have 1 sorting machine where we used to have 4. If it breaks, we’re hosed. You don’t have plans to put these machines back on line. In fact you instructed maintenance to not to. Is that true?

DeJoy: I have no idea.

Scott R-FL Confirms vote by mail in Florida works. Does not make distinction between absentee and mail in because there isn’t one. Asks if post office needs a massive federal bailout to deliver votes on Election Day. DeJoy says no, he doesn’t need anything.

DeJoy Says he doesn’t need any funding, the ‘massive federal bailout’ Scott just mentioned, but then says he had to continue to deliver during covid while having no revenues. Essentially saying, I want your federal money, but don’t call it a bailout.

Rosen D-NV will you provide this committee minutes from meeting with non public board of governors by this Sunday?

DeJoy: No.

Rosen: Did you analyze how your disruptions would impact seniors, ?

DeJoy doesn’t really look at camera. Rosen asks him to look her in the eye.

Rosen takes the lead. The women are saving us! My wife came in and saw DeJoy on the screen and immediately was put off by his lack of eye contact. She said he’s body is answering the questions.

Paul R-KY doesn’t want to give money to the USPS unless they lose employees. He wants people working at the post office. Don’t let him tell you he is for jobs.
He wants to know what can happen to address the billions of dollars owed.

DeJoy answers we need pension reform. What does this mean though? The PRC was a Republican idea to fund the post office pension for the next 75 years all at once costing billions. Now republican appointees are begging Republicans to correct their own disastrous mistake.

Rand Paul never ceases to amaze. Not only does he advocate for less jobs at the post office, wants to cut back from 6 to 5 days delivery service. Why charge more for a guy who lives 20 miles down a dirt road, when you can just reduce service? Cuz that guy needs his meds Dr.Paul!

Romney R-UT says the president calls main fraud which gives rise to the question from the other side. Asks if the ballots will be there within election time frame including those received after Election Day. DeJoy again says by election night. State AG’s should take note of this.

Enzi R- WY Like Lankford, he bothsides this at the jump. There were problems for years. Hamhandedly tried to help Susan Collins re election efforts. Enzi feels picked on by the post office. He had a package not delivered. The horror! Mail your thoughts and prayers to Enzi.

That weird Collins endorsement makes a lot more sense now, Sen Enzi says he is concerned.

Enzi just perfectly encapsulated exactly what his voters are voting against. They wanted to drain the swamp. They put in Enzi who gets 7 minutes to ask questions of witnesses. Instead of using that precious time to fight for people In WY to get their deliveries, he gripes.

Hawley R-MO Bailouts are bad, you say need a loan though?

DeJoy: We are desperately in need of new vehicles.

I thought he said he needed nothing? When Scott asked if he needed a massive federal bailout, DeJoy said he needed nothing.

Sinema D-AZ says Arizonans are worried if their late arriving meds have expired and wonder if they will still be effective. That’s a big deal. Postal processing facility reductions will not take place until after election. Your vote could literally save your job. #USPSHearing

The language of Sen Ron Johnson is astonishing, uses term ‘well organized’ about the Democrats questions. Says ‘false narrative’. ‘Political hit piece’. Reminder he went to Moscow on July 4th for some reason. He is also ‘investigating’ Biden for trump’s election benefit.

Peters D-MI reminds Senators why they were elected, you know to stand up their constituents. Perhaps he is reminding Enzi to call customer service and have his tracking number ready.

Again, Johnson says the Democrats are using ‘highly scripted’ coordinated talk points, and the USPS issues are being ‘ginned up’. Doth protest too much? The RNC next week may be a highly scripted ginned up attack on Hunter Biden. We should prepare ourselves for that.
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