Over the weekend social media users have completely lost their mind regarding the US Post Office, with absurd claims fueled by Democrats who are falsely accusing Trump and the Republican Postmaster General of trying to sabotage mail-in voting before the election. We wrote about how this started last week, with false claims of Trump holding up the stimulus bill over post office money. Then the corrupt Adam Schiff tweeted this out on Saturday:
The Postmaster General must resign.
He’s slowed delivery, banned overtime & decommissioned mail-sorting machines.
Right before the election. During a pandemic.
The House must demand answers. Hearings should start now. It can’t wait.
We won’t let Trump destroy the Post Office.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 16, 2020
And of course, the hysteria has gotten worse over the weekend.
LOCKED MAILBOXES
For example, a former NBA player named Rex Chapman, who has a huge following on Twitter, tweeted that the post office was now locking mailboxes and that it was an immediate threat to American democracy or something…
But this was idiocy. As the Daily Caller quickly tweeted, it took one google search to find out that this was being done to prevent vandalism:
Took one google searchhttps://t.co/HGwaEIU8iG
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 17, 2020
Indeed, even ABC Eyewitness News reported that they “reached out to the USPS for an explanation, and an employee said it’s common practice for mailboxes outside post offices to be locked on days they are closed in an effort to prevent vandalism.” They added “We noticed the mailboxes can still be accessed from the other side.”
But the truth didn’t stop this false tweet from going viral with help from other famous idiots:
Wow… Dude is making moves in Plain Sight.. Shit’s so crazy. Smh https://t.co/aUsONakOvQ
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) August 17, 2020
REMOVING MAILBOXES
Another example of this hysteria is the false accusation that the post office is actually removing mailboxes for the election!
https://twitter.com/ThinkUpstream/status/1294037403309445120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1294037403309445120%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherightscoop.com%2Fheres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-baseless-hysterical-panic-over-the-us-post-office-that-democrats-are-pushing%2F
But as The Blaze pointed out, many of these mailboxes are being removed over lack of use and RELOCATED to areas where they will be more frequently used, according to a USPS spokeswoman. Some mailboxes are also being taken away for repair or replaced with newer ones, according to a different spokesman for the USPS.
There’s also this:
In fact, between 2011 and 2016, there were roughly 14,000 USPS mailboxes removed, which was during the Obama-Biden administration.
A 2009 Washington Post article stated, “In the past 20 years, 200,000 mailboxes have vanished from city streets, rural routes and suburban neighborhoods – more than the 175,000 that remain.”
“The U.S. Postal Service says it removes ‘underperforming’ mailboxes – those that collect fewer than 25 pieces of mail a day – after a week-long ‘density test,’” the report read, echoing what Frum said last week.
It happens all the time, but Democrats pushing this election delirium over the post office has prompted the USPS to stop removing any mailboxes before the election.
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