US Postal Service is using an outside PR firm to fight election fears as Trump fumes over...........

[steve2470]

US Postal Service is using an outside PR firm to fight election fears as Trump fumes over upcoming hearings

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/dejoy-postal-service-trump-vote-by-mail-senate-hearing/index.html

It's been a bad few weeks for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and it might just get worse before it gets better as efforts to convince Americans mail-in voting is safe may put him in direct conflict with President Donald Trump.

Guided by a public relations firm, DeJoy and the US Postal Service are now scrambling to clean up after weeks of criticism and allegations that the Trump administration was using the agency to meddle in November's election. DeJoy's efforts at two congressional hearings and other public appearances will be critical.

After an emergency closed-door meeting Saturday between DeJoy and the Postal Service Board of Governors, a source familiar tells CNN the agency engaged PR firm Weber Shandwick to help manage crisis messaging and combat some of the anti-Postal Service and mail-in voting rhetoric coming from the White House.

Shortly afterwards, the Postal Service put out a statement from DeJoy suspending any changes until after the election, but did not say whether the changes already made, like the removal of high-volume letter sorters, would be reversed.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. PMG has money to give an outside PR firm but none to pay overtime....suuuure

[Frustratedlady]

2. Probably a good idea, considering DeJoy stepped in it. I wonder when Trump will fire him?

I'm curious whether or not DeJoy was directed to slow down the distribution of mail by reducing the number of operational sorting machines AND to concentrate mainly on the states Trump was depending on to win. It seems like he's dismantling more machines in certain states, than others.

It's going to cost a pretty penny to put them back in operation, as it looks like they'll have to be rewired and reprogrammed, not to mention the labor cost.

Trump may have bit off more than he can chew, this time.

[Danascot]

7. Reduction is sorting capacity

No pattern here, right?

[Frustratedlady]

8. Thank you. That's what I thought was happening.

I have to keep reminding myself that Trump thinks in mafia/Nazi terms, not normal levels.

[RhodeIslandOne]

3. All your money to buy stamps and gifts are going to this

This is the bullshit on full display.

[crickets]

4. Is that PR really for the benefit of the USPS? Or is it damage control for DeJoy?

to combat some of the anti-Postal Service and mail-in voting rhetoric coming from the White House.

trump just piles on the bills for the American people one way or another.

[procon]

5. How's does that add up?

First deJoy claims gutting the PO is a fiscal necessity to keep it afloat. Now he's found a slush fund to pay for a new pro-Trump propaganda PR blitz on the public's dime whilst denying them a fair election.

[SheltieLover]

6. 1+1289

Chumputin logic.