Postmaster Basic Louis DeJoy lined his ears throughout a congressional listening to as Rep. Wealthy McCormick (R-Ga.) repeatedly pressed him on postal service oversight.
McCormick throughout a Home Oversight and Accountability Committee listening to Tuesday advised DeJoy that he doesn’t get an “A grade” relating to his management of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
“You were graded by the United States people and they don’t use your service anymore,” McCormick stated.
“That is not true,” Dejoy stated as McCormick continued over him. “Our office is growing.”
“You are responsible for the fall of the postal service and the lack of accountability,” McCormick stated as DeJoy interjected with, “This Congress is responsible for it falling apart. I am trying to fix the postal service.”
DeJoy advised McCormick, “You’re talking to yourself” earlier than masking his ears.
The back-and-forth follows ongoing criticism from election officers about how the company handles mail-in ballots. DeJoy has beforehand stated it’s improper to counsel they may very well be displaced.
DeJoy claimed that some election officers don’t perceive the USPS’s efforts to show round mail throughout election season and stated that the company would have the ability to deal with it, The Related Press reported.
DeJoy has additionally tried to debunk earlier claims from President-elect Trump about mail-in ballots even because the Republican Social gathering appeared extra open to the method this previous election cycle.
Whereas making ready for all of the election-related mail, DeJoy stated earlier this yr that the company was in “great shape” in comparison with 4 years in the past.
