Even in a drama-filled election like no other, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his attack on the post stood out.
After Trump appointed the businessman to head the agency, DeJoy largely failed in his mission to help the former president discourage voters from voting by mail, but evidence suggests that his policies and the pandemic decimated the postal service. Now many, including Democratic lawmakers, are calling on Biden to act quickly to remove him and the United States board of governors by majority from Trump.
While Biden does not have the authority to remove DeJoy himself, he could immediately appoint a majority democratic administration that could fire the postmaster general, but the government has yet to act. That leaves a lot of people asking, “Why?”
“We think he can act quickly and act quickly and be courageous – there is no discussion of anyone being confirmed by the Senate, so let’s make it strong and powerful,” said Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union.
But it may take a while for that to happen. Representative Gerry Connolly, chair of the government operations subcommittee that oversees the postal service, labeled DeJoy a “huge problem” and calls on Biden to fire the entire board, but told the Guardian he doesn’t think it is “a fair question” to ask. state why the president did not act during his first three weeks in office.
‘Give him a little time. We are facing huge problems – a pandemic, huge economic challenges, he has to make cabinet deals, he has his environmental agenda, ”added Connolly. “But this has to be on the priority list and I think it will be.”
Representative Tim Ryan, who sent a letter to Biden in January urging him to “ clean the house, ” stressed that late payment of bills, late checkups, and delayed medication are causing problems for many Americans and underlined the urgency. While DeJoy has refused to release 2021 on-time delivery data, figures released in court cases in December show that only about 40% of first-class mail arrived on time – up from about 92% the year before.
Read more of Tom Perkins’ report here: Democrats urge Biden to fire USPS chief Trump ally who decimated the postal service