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- Former President Barack Obama accused President Trump of trying to "actively kneecap" the US Postal Service to suppress votes at the upcoming election in November.
- In a podcast with his former campaign manager David Plouffe, Obama said: "What we've seen in a way that is unique to modern political history is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting."
- Trump this week said he did not want the USPS to get more funding because he doesn't want it to go toward mail-in voting, which he's baselessly said leads to voter fraud.
- In response to Obama's comments, Jared Kushner told CNN that Trump "is doing everything he can to make sure that they [US Postal Service] have the resources they need."
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Former President Barack Obama accused President Trump on Friday of trying to "actively kneecap" the US Postal Service to suppress mail-in votes at the November election.
In a rare public rebuke against the president, Obama told his former campaign manager David Plouffe on a podcast that he "worries" about protecting the integrity of the election process amid a pandemic.
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See Also:
- Obama slams Trump's attacks on the Postal Service, says the current administration is 'more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus'
- Michael Cohen predicts that Trump will 'never leave office peacefully' because he's terrified of being sent to prison
- Trump says the USPS is too poorly funded to handle mail-in voting — while opposing additional funding for it
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