This is one of the most absurd takes of all time. The postal nominees Bernie blocked wanted to privatize the Postal Service, end 6-day mail, undermine unions, cut jobs, pension and healthcare benefits and lobbied for the payday lending industry. Facts matter, Jason. (See Thread)
Meet the postal nominees Bernie blocked:
James Miller: Ronald Reagan's OMB director who wanted to privatize the Postal Service
Mickey Barnett: A GOP payday lending lobbyist
Stephen Crawford: Who wanted to end Saturday mail and slash jobs, pensions and healthcare benefits
James Miller: Ronald Reagan's OMB director who wanted to privatize the Postal Service
Mickey Barnett: A GOP payday lending lobbyist
Stephen Crawford: Who wanted to end Saturday mail and slash jobs, pensions and healthcare benefits
These postal nominees were opposed by:
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
American Postal Workers’ Union
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
NAACP
National Council of La Raza
SEIU
National Urban League
Read what they had to say about these nominees⬇️
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
American Postal Workers’ Union
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
NAACP
National Council of La Raza
SEIU
National Urban League
Read what they had to say about these nominees⬇️
What Jason may not understand is that the attacks on the Postal Service did not begin with Trump. For years, there's been a concerted attempt to dismantle and privatize the Postal Service for years - and Bernie has led the effort against those attacks again and again.
In 2012, Bernie formed a coalition of 27 Senators to stop the Postal Service from closing up to 15,000 post offices, eliminating more than 100 mail processing facilities, ending Saturday mail and slashing over 100,000 postal service jobs. commondreams.org/news/2012/02/2…
Now more than ever, let us unite to strengthen, protect and expand the Postal Service - and fight against every attempt to dismantle, sabotage, destroy and privatize it.
James Miller, 1 nominee Bernie blocked, said at his confirmation hearing: "I think it would be best for the world, for the economy & for the American people if the Postal Service was demonopolized and privatized, which is a position I held when I worked for President Reagan."
Mickey Barnett, another nominee Bernie blocked, was a lobbyist who fought against a bill in the New Mexico state legislature that would have prevented payday lenders from charging customers an interest rate above 400%. Read more from civil rights leaders⬇️
Stephen Crawford, the last nominee Bernie blocked, supported reducing the delivery of mail from 6 days down to as little as 3 days, slash jobs, undermine collective bargaining rights and provide fewer health care and pension benefits to its workers. postalreporternews.net/2012/07/04/edi…
