Benjamin Jealous, President of People For the American Way, on Saving the U.S. Postal Service

Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 9 a.m.

b'With less than 90 days to the November election, concerns are mounting that the Trump Administration is actively undermining the\\xa0 U.S. Postal Service. Although the USPS is the country\\u2019s most popular government agency, President\\xa0 Trump recently dismissed it as a \\u201cjoke\\u201d and questioned its ability to deliver mail-in ballots on time. Trump\\u2019s newly appointed Postmaster General, who was also a major Trump campaign donor, has limited overtime work, and extra mail delivery, moves that postal workers say have created mail backlogs. In response,\\xa0 Benjamin Jealous, the President of the People For the American Way, is spearheading a campaign to defend the Postal Service. We\\u2019ll talk to Jealous about what can be done to ensure that Americans can have confidence in the mail service.'