ABCNews: Trump blasts McConnell over timing of Senate hearing with postmaster general

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President Donald Trump blasted Republicans Wednesday on Twitter -- tagging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a rare move -- for "allowing the Democrats to have ridiculous Post Office hearings on Saturday & Monday, just before and during our Convention" as Democrats revisit questions surrounding the selection process of Trump's controversial postmaster pick.

Under mounting concerns with mail-in voting and increased scrutiny in recent weeks for enacting a series of measures meant to streamline the Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to testify at a GOP-controlled Senate hearing on Friday and a Democratic House hearing on Monday -- the first day of the Republican National Convention.

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Trump blasts McConnell over timing of Senate hearing with postmaster general

President Donald Trump blasted Republicans Wednesday for "allowing the Democrats to have ridiculous Post Office hearings" around the Republican National Convention.

abcnews.go.com

 

[onadesertedisland]

They won't break ranks. They never do.

 

[rokkerkory]

Eff off cheetoh

 

[Malleymal]

He is looking for any type of chance to steal the thunder from tonight and tomorrow's speeches. Do not fall for Any of this bs. It is not a story.

 

[Reym]

McConnell clearly seems to think he's the puppet master, pulling the strings of the whole party. I'd love it if this public call-out from that idiot chafed him enough to fight back just to prove he's the alpha.

...it won't happen, but it'd be in character...and also funny.

 

[Whitemex]

What does Mitch have to do with any of this?

 

[Tap In]

Politicizing the office of the President is possibly the most egregious of this shithead's transgressions

Besides embracing white tiki torch carrying assholes

 

[Jebusman]

You know full well Trump doesn't know the difference between the House and the Senate and he thinks Mitch has control over the whole thing.

 

[Tap In]

You know full well Trump doesn't know the difference between the House and the Senate and he thinks Mitch has control over the whole thing.

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Haha. So true. He's so ignorant

 

[Jeremy]

What does Mitch have to do with any of this?

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Trump literally doesn't understand the difference between the House and the Senate.

 

[entremet]

What does Mitch have to do with any of this?

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Mitch can block it.

Trump literally doesn't understand the difference between the House and the Senate.

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Dejoy is also testifying in the Senate.

 

[Domino Theory]

You know full well Trump doesn't know the difference between the House and the Senate and he thinks Mitch has control over the whole thing.

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"Crazy Pelosi called the House to question the postmaster general and they're not even listed on Zillow! Believe me, I checked. No one knows Zillow or Redfin better than me."

 

[MasterYoshi]

Is he gonna give Mitch one of those grade school nicknames like he does everyone else? Because I can think of one.

 

[mreddie]

Translation: CAN WE NOT TALK ABOUT THIS DURING MY THING, TALK ABOUT IT DURING THEIR THING, WAH

 

[Jeremy]

Dejoy is also testifying in the Senate.

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Oh, I actually missed this. Thanks.

 

[CQC]

Is he gonna give Mitch one of those grade school nicknames like he does everyone else? Because I can think of one.

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Bitchy Mitchy

 

[Loud Wrong]

Mitch can block it.

Dejoy is also testifying in the Senate.

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I thought the senate was gone until Sept 8th, which is why there's still no stimulus.

 

[rjinaz]

First, turtle man can't do shit thankfully, nor will he, though I'm sure he'd love to stop it, at least in regards to House appearances.

Second, as I understand it, they have to give notice to not only congress that was on vacation but to the people they are questioning as well. Hence the delay.

 

[entremet]

I thought the senate was gone until Sept 8th, which is why there's still no stimulus.

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They can convene on other matters. Mitch is just holding the stimulus hostage.

 

[Lost Lemurian]

The one tiny piece of satisfaction I get from this admin is tha all of the GOP career politicians have to just smile and take it while Trump publicly excoriates them.

 

[The Chosen One]

Trump can whine about the Post Office hearings occurring during his convention but he has no one to blame but himself. He's the one who has been attacking mail-in voting and the Post Office relentlessly and chose to sabotage the Post Office in late July/August. Depending on how the next couple of months play out, trying to sabotage the Post Office in the middle of a pandemic before an election could go down as one of the all-time biggest blunders in the final 100 days in Presidential election history.

I think it's slowly dawning on him how bad he f*cked up. In addition to pissing a lot of people off by slowing the mail deliveries and removing drop boxes, if there are any lingering issues where there are mail delays close to or during the election, Trump will clearly own all of it rather than it being just an external factor.