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The Administration made operational USPS changes and big declines in service followed, but House Republicans are opposing fixes for the US Postal Service today because they claim it's all a "conspiracy theory." They just can't agree on the conspiracy.

Republicans in disarray– 1/
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy: "the Postal Service is being 'sabotaged'" is a "myth."

Donald Trump on FoxNews: I am sabotaging the Postal Service to prevent people from voting by mail
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Donald Trump and congressional Republicans: the USPS is losing billions of dollars

House Republicans: Democrats made up funding issues, it's totally fictional and no additional USPS funding is needed
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House Republican leadership: "stop promoting baseless conspiracy theories about the Postal Service for political gain"

House Republican leadership: deep state postal workers are trying to rig the election
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House Republican leadership: Obama took mailboxes away [this was not right before a national election in the middle of a pandemic] and USPS will be fine for the election

Postmaster General DeJoy: I'm not putting mailboxes back and I don't have a plan to make the election work
#2 House Republican: Speaker Pelosi wants USPS funding to pull off "Mail-In Voting scheme this fall"

#2 House Republican three days later: Speaker Pelosi "fabricated" USPS conspiracy theory to "undermine faith in our elections."

@SteveScalise have you met @SteveScalise?
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This is just ridiculous @HouseGOP. If you want people to think something is an "unfounded conspiracy theory" next time try advising the President and your Members not to admit to the conspiracy. #RepublicansInDisarray 7/7
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Rep. Don Beyer
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So many of you are writing, calling, and urging us to act to protect the US Postal Service.

We share your anger and frustration about what Trump is doing and your alarm about what it could mean for the election.

And we ARE working to stop him.

Some things worth following: 1/
After hearing of suspicious changes at USPS, House & Senate Dems immediately sought an Inspector General investigation.
cnn.com/2020/08/07/pol…
We just learned that the IG *is* investigating.

@GerryConnolly is trying to speed it up:
Investigations in the House and Senate, including hearings, ARE coming.

oversight.house.gov/news/press-rel…

I want this to move faster because it is so urgent, but we are working on oversight of this right now. 3/
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Rep. Don Beyer
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This is ridiculous dishonesty from Republican negotiators.

Let's get a few things clear.

This is happening because when House Democrats passed an extension ten weeks ago Senate Republicans said they needed a "pause." Then they didn't do a single thing until it was too late. 1/
Then they introduced a bill that is terrible, stupid, and unworkable. Even the Republicans hate their own bill, there is nearly universal agreement that it is bad policy.

Enormous cuts to unemployment benefits in the middle of a pandemic are heartless! 2/
The Republicans are playing with the lives of 30 million people not to mention the recovery of the entire US economy and their logic is HORRIBLE.

McConnell is refusing to negotiate over protecting corporations from lawsuits that aren't even happening: 3/ politico.com/news/2020/07/2…
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Senate Republicans’ departure for the week makes it official:

There WILL be a lapse in enhanced federal unemployment benefits.

As the recovery stalls and layoffs grow, an estimated 30 million American workers will soon lose over half of their income.

Mitch McConnell did this.
If Senate Republicans do not act soon, we could see a new Great Depression in the United States.

Their failure to act has already set in motion enormous, unnecessary suffering on millions of Americans. Here's what the damage will look like in each state:
Faced with our nation’s worst crisis since WWII, Senate Republicans spent two months doing nothing but rubber stamping nominees.

With the pandemic exploding, the economic recovery stalling, and job losses accelerating, Senate Republicans simply refused to do anything about it.
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