Former USPS Board of Governors chair David Fineman on Monday dismissed President Trump’s baseless claim that voting by mail leads to voter fraud, amid the President’s explicit efforts to sabotage the agency.
After calling Trump’s moves to cripple the USPS a “disgrace” — which include Postmaster General Louis DeJoy implementing cost-cutting changes to the USPS that could hamper mail-in voting ahead of the November election — Fineman called on the President to produce evidence when asked about his false assertions on mail-in voting.
Fineman, who serves as director on the board of the Federal Election Center, then rebuked the President’s baseless claims by saying that “mail-in ballots do not produce fraud.”
“Mail-in ballots are safe and they create a fair election,” Fineman said in an interview with CNN.
Fineman’s remarks come on the heels of Democrats ramping up efforts to combat Trump’s war on mail-in voting. On Sunday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called on House members to return from recess early this week to vote on legislation that would restrict the Postal Service from implementing operational changes.
On Monday, DeJoy agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee next week, following the panel’s request that he testify at an “urgent” congressional hearing on Aug. 24 in light of growing concerns that cutting funding to the U.S. Postal Service will hamper mail-in voting in the November election.
Watch Fineman’s remarks below:
Former USPS board of governors chair David Fineman on Trump claiming mail-in voting leads to fraud: “I want the President to show us some evidence” pic.twitter.com/XgkapVM83k
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 17, 2020
Stating the obvious here…
The person decrying falsely voter fraud is guilty of committing election fraud!
It’s all about this👇
Best way to vote is to find a Ballot Drop Box regardless of what the orange moron says. But I tell you what. I will not mail my ballot because the drop box is 5 minutes from my house but if I have to vote in person…
I will walk thru flames with gasoline britches to cast my vote for BIDEN/HARRIS.
I want to know why NOBODY in the MSM is pointing out or investigating the massive conflict of interest that Louis DeJoy has.
He owns controlling interest in a SHIPPING/DELIVERY COMPANY that directly competes with the USPS.
The worse the USPS does, the more money his company makes picking up the business.
Evidence? We ain’t got no evidence. We don’t need no evidence. I don’t have to show you any stinking evidence.
Yet another level of pushback. We are going to need all of it.