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>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN AS ANOTHER FRIDAY NIGHT IS
UPON US, DAY 1303 OF THE TRUMP
TRAIN STATION
ADMINISTRATION.
TODAY THE NATION WAS WARNED
ABOUT A NEW POTENTIAL THAETREAT
THE NATION.
IT IS NOW WARNING STATES THERE
MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE
BALLOTS TO BE REQUESTED,
COMPLETED AND RETURNED BEFORE
NOVEMBER 3rd.
THAT’S THE HOPED-FOR OUTCOME
WHEN YOU SET OUT TO CRIPPLE THE
POST OFFICE.
NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED STATES
FROM COAST TO COAST HAVE
RECEIVED WARNING LETTERS FROM
THE POST OFFICE GENERAL COUNSEL.
"WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING
LETTERS WERE SENT TO AT LEAST 46
STATES AS TRUMP RACHMPS UP HIS
EFFORTS TO CAST DOUBT ON THE
LEGITIMACY OF MAIL-IN VOTEING.
THOSE EXTRA FUNDS ARE PART OF
THAT RELIEF BILL CONGRESS AND
THE WHITE HOUSE CAN’T AGREE ON.
CONGRESS SKIPPED TOWN FOR A
26-DAY SUMMER BREAK BECAUSE THEY
NEED THEIR REST.
TODAY TRUMP WAS ASKED WHAT WOULD
CONVINCE HIM TO RELEASE THE
FUNDS.
>> IF THE DEMOCRATS WERE TO GIVE
YOU SOME OF WHAT YOU WANT, WOULD
YOU BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE $25
BILLION FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE
INCLUDING THE $3.5 BILLION.
>> THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT.
IT’S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT.
I’VE DIRECTED THE SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY TO GET READY AND
SEND DIRECT PAYMENTS, 3400 FOR A
FAMILY OF FOUR TO ALL AMERICANS.
DEMOCRATS ARE HOLDING THIS UP.
>> WHY NOT JUST SIT DOWN WITH
DEMOCRATS PERSONALLY AND CUT A
DEAL?
>> BECAUSE THEY WANT $1 TRILLION
TO GO TO THEIR FRIENDS DOING A
BAD JOB RUNNING CERTAIN CITIES
AND STATES THAT ARE DOING VERY
BADLY.
>> TRUMP AND HIS NEWLY-APPOINTED
POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY
APPARENTLY IS TRYING TO RETRO
FIT THE POST OFFICE.
NBC NEWS HAS OBTAINED AN
INTERNAL US POSTAL SERVICE
DOCUMENT REVEALING PLANS NOTHING
SHORT OF REMOVING 671 HIGH
VOLUME MAIL PROCESSING MACHINES
FROM POSTAL FACILITIES AROUND
OUR COUNTRY.
THE AGENCY TOLD NBC NEWS IN A
STATEMENT, THESE ARE PART OF
NORMAL BUSINESS ADJUSTMENTS.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT DEJOY HAS
WRITTEN A MEMO TO POST OFFICE
STAFF ADMITTING THAT RECENT
CUTBACKS AND RESTRUCTURING HAS
RESULTED IN, QUOTE, UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES THAT IMPACTED OUR
OVERALL SERVICE LEVELS.
ALTHOUGH HE HAS SAID THE AGENCY
WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE
DEMAND OF THE BALLOTS AND THE
ELECTION.
THE POSTAL SERVICE INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS, QUOTE, NOW REVIEWING
DEJOY’S POLICIES AS WELL AS
WHETHER HE VIOLATES ANY FEDERAL
ETHICS RULES.
DON’T FORGET IN PREVIOUS CASES
TRUMP HAS MERELY FIRED THE
INSPECTORS GENERAL.
IN A BIG REVERSAL IT WENTTONIGHT
AGENCY IS HALTING PLANS TO
REMOVE MORE OF THESE, THOSE BLUE
MAILBOX COLLECTION BOXES WE’VE
ALL GROWN UP WITH FROM LOCATIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY UNTIL
ELECTION DAY AFTER THEY ALREADY
REMOVED A GOOD NUMBER OF MAIL
COLLECTION BOXES ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY.
DEMOCRATS NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK
SCHUMER PUPPETT OUT A JOINT
STATEMENT TODAY CALLING THE
PRESIDENT’S HANDLING OF THE POST
OFFICE AN ABUSE OF POWER.
THEY’RE DEMANDING INFORMATION
FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
THE PROBLEM IS JOINT STATEMENTS
AREN’T GOING TO CUT IT WITH 81
DAYS TO GO BEFORE AN ELECTION
AND CONGRESS ON A SUMMER
VACATION.
HERE IS WHAT CONGRESSMAN JIM
CLYBURN AND SENATOR JOE MANCHIN
SAID.
>> IF THEY ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN
FROM WASHINGTON DOWN TO WHERE
THIS ELECTION AND BASICALLY THE
PEOPLE BELIEVE AND LOSE
CONFIDENCE AND FAITH AND YOU
DON’T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
PUBLIC, I GUARANTEE YOU WE’LL
LOSE OUR POSTAL SERVICE AS WE
KNOW IT.
I’M NOT GOING TO LET THAT
HAPPEN.
>> FORGET ABOUT POLITICAL
PARTIES.
LET’S THINK ABOUT PREB SERVESERV
THIS DEMOCRACY.
IT’S THE BEST THING GOING ON
EARTH.
BUT LIKE EVERY OTHER BIG
GOVERNMENT, EVERY OTHER GOOD
GOVERNMENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO
ROME, THEY TOO CAN FALL.
>> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
REPORTING REPUBLICAN SENATOR
MITT ROMNEY ALSO WARNED THAT
ATTACKING MAIL VOTING THREATENS
OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND THIS WAS THIS FROM THE NEW
DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS.
>> WHY DON’T THEY WANT US TO
VOTE?
WHY ARE THEY CREATING OBSTACLES
TO US VOTING?
WELL, THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WHEN
WE VOTE, THINGS CHANGE.
WHEN WE VOTE, THINGS GET BETTER.