Louis DeJoy Must Be Fired to Save the USPS, Says Watchdog
USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on February 24, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Thursday reiterated its call for the ouster of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the Republican megadonor accused of attempting to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service last year as millions of Americans relied on the agency to participate in the presidential election.
As the House Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden’s three nominees to the USPS Board of Governors, CREW tweeted numerous times that DeJoy must be dismissed and replaced promptly due to his actions last year and his so-called “Delivering for America” program, proposed last month.
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Critics of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy hoped Thursday s confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden s three nominees to the U.S. Postal Service s governing board would mark the beginning of the end for the embattled mail chief.
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Replay Video UP NEXT Critics of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy hoped Thursday s confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden s three nominees to the U.S. Postal Service s governing board would mark the beginning of the end for the embattled mail chief. But even if Biden s picks are approved by the Senate, industry insiders suspect the board is unlikely to have enough votes to oust DeJoy, in part because its chairman Ron Bloom, a Trump-appointed Democrat has recently expressed strong support for the postmaster general.
For Democrats starving for a villain in post-Trump Washington, Louis DeJoy seemed like an ideal candidate for the role. As postmaster general, he’s the most powerful holdover from the previous administration a Trump campaign donor and logistics executive hired to run the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. When DeJoy moved last summer to slow the mail, his critics charged that he was carrying out a Trump plot to help steal the presidential election and degrade a beloved American institution.
DeJoy’s critics, however, were fretting about the wrong crisis. The Postal Service handled the deluge of ballots but not the crush of Christmas cards and packages that followed. The holiday season was a disaster for the agency, prompting many Democrats to renew their calls for his ouster. Yet as the fight turns to the future of the Postal Service, the party is divided over the leader it loves to hate, and some lawmakers are realizing that DeJoy’s vision is not radically different from t