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Obama castigates chump
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/obama-trump-kneecap-usps-elections-mail-ballots/507-c8a4087f-e346-4634-bab9-c1b98599f3a7
Barack Obama equated President Trump's approach toward USPS to that of not repairing highways in order to prevent people from reaching polling places.
Author: TEGNA, BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press
Published: 5:20 PM CDT August 14, 2020
Updated: 5:20 PM CDT August 14, 2020
Former President Barack Obama on Friday accused President Donald Trump of trying to "kneecap" the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the 2020 election, which is expected to include a massive surge of mail-in votes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump acknowledged Thursday that he's starving the USPS of money to make it harder to process tens of millions of ballots which he worries could cost him reelection.
More at link. Subject is my writing