Postmaster DeJoy Says Trump Attacks on Mail ‘Not Helpful’

  • DeJoy, Trump donor, says he put word out to GOP campaign
  • Heavy mail-in balloting expected in November general election
Louis DeJoy is sworn in prior to a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in Washington on Aug. 24.Photographer: Tom Brenner/Pool/Getty Images
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U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he’s let Donald Trump’s re-election campaign know that the president’s denigration of the Postal Service and voting by mail has been harmful to the agency.

“I have put word around to different people that this is not helpful,” DeJoy, a major Trump donor, said in response to a question at a hearing on mail delays and service cutbacks. “I’ve spoken to people that are friends of mine who are associated with the campaign.”