{"id":3272,"date":"2020-08-18T21:28:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2020-08-18T21:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:28:25","slug":"obama-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-kneecap-the-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3272","title":{"rendered":"Obama accuses Trump of trying to \u201ckneecap\u201d the Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen, in a way that is unique to modern political history, is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/08\/14\/obama-says-trump-trying-actively-kneecap-postal-service\/5586863002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obama said<\/a>&nbsp;on Cadence13\u2019s Campaign HQ podcast in a discussion with his former campaign manager David Plouffe. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve never seen before is a president say, \u2018I\u2019m going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to [discourage] voting and I will be explicit about the reason I\u2019m doing it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s sort of unheard of, right?\u201d he added. \u201cAnd we also have not had an election in the midst of a pandemic that is still deadly and killing a lot of people, and we still don\u2019t know the long-term side effects of contracting the illness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obama\u2019s comments were a response to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/08\/13\/trump-opposes-usps-funding-394692\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s admission on Thursday<\/a>\u00a0that he opposes providing additional funding for the Postal Service \u2014 which is\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/8\/7\/21358946\/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots\" target=\"_blank\">under huge financial strain due to the coronavirus pandemic<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/8\/15\/21369968\/postal-service-trump-mail-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">unprepared for a massive influx of mail-in ballots<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 because he doesn\u2019t want everyone to be able to vote by mail.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/8\/15\/21370285\/obama-trump-postal-service-mail-voting\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/8\/15\/21370285\/obama-trump-postal-service-mail-voting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen, in a way that is unique to modern political history, is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting,\u201d Obama said on Cadence13\u2019s Campaign HQ podcast in a discussion with his former campaign manager David Plouffe. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve never seen before is a president say, \u2018I\u2019m going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to [discourage] voting and I will be explicit about the reason I\u2019m doing it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s sort of unheard of, right?\u201d he added. \u201cAnd we also have not had an election in the midst of a pandemic that is still deadly and killing a lot of people, and we still don\u2019t know the long-term side effects of contracting the illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s comments were a response to Trump\u2019s admission on Thursday that he opposes providing additional funding for the Postal Service \u2014 which is under huge financial strain due to the coronavirus pandemic and unprepared for a massive influx of mail-in ballots \u2014 because he doesn\u2019t want everyone to be able to vote by 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