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On the recordAugust 22, 2020
Madam Speaker, I rise today to say: Enough. In a blatant attempt to suppress the vote, the occupant has continued to attack the legitimacy of our elections, denouncing the very method of voting he and his family have repeatedly used: mail-in ballots. Hypocrisy: It should look familiar to my colleagues across the aisle. How dare you refer to this as a sham bill. The only sham here is the patriotism that you allege to espouse while you stand idly by and are complicit in the dismantling of the United States Postal Service, which is impacting the lives of all of our constituents, disrupting services. Patriotism: They hire more veterans than anyone else. Veterans rely on them to receive lifesaving medication. The only sham here is the patriotism which you espouse. Enough of the criminal and corrupt mismanagement of the Postmaster General. The changes he has brought to our Postal Service during this pandemic are brazen acts of sabotage intended to slow down operations and to delay mail delivery. This is a hell of a way to repay 600,000 dedicated letter carriers and postal workers who have put themselves in harm's way in the midst of this pandemic, who find dignity in their work and are worried about the impact on services and fear for their very livelihoods and retribution for the calls that they have made to all of our offices. How dare you.…
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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