Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general

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Star Member Roland99 (47,773 posts)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213401006

Oh f***! Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general

Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general, giving president new influence over Postal Service

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-republican-fundraiser-and-trump-ally-to-be-named-postmaster-general-giving-president-new-influence-over-postal-service-officials-say/2020/05/06/25cde93c-8fd4-11ea-8df0-ee33c3f5b0d6_story.html

A top donor to President Trump and the Republican National Committee will be named the new head of the Postal Service, putting a top ally of the president in charge of an agency where Trump has long pressed for major changes in how it handles its business.

The Postal Service’s Board of Governors confirmed late Wednesday that Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman who is currently in charge of fundraising for the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, will serve as the new postmaster general.

The action will install a stalwart Trump ally to lead the Postal Service, which he has railed against for years, and likely move him closer than ever before to forcing the service to renegotiate its terms with companies and its own union workforce. Trump’s Treasury Department and the Postal Service are in the midst of a negotiation over a $10 billion line of credit approved as part of coronavirus legislation in March.

“Postal workers are the heart and soul of this institution, and I will be honored to work alongside them and their unions,” DeJoy, who will start June 15, said in a statement.


This scares the bejeezus outta me!

 

Star Member VMA131Marine (2,737 posts)

1. Yet another unqualified hack Trump has appointed to a critical position.

Biden needs to be able to hit the ground running with his list of appointments on Day One.

 

Newest Reality (9,308 posts)

2. Isn't that

Isn't that always the case as per Carson, DeVoss, etc.? DeJoy and DeVoss, how funny.

We should expect it. The coup is going from slow-motion to instantaneous, play-by-play as we speak. It is an attempt to completely take over and it seems to be working.

Sounds like Federal Quid Pro Quo is the way things go from now on.

Anybody uncertain about what tRump is going to do before the General Election, and the GOP for that matter?

 

Louis DeJoy is the president of LDJ Global Strategies, LLC. Prior to founding LDJ Global Strategies, DeJoy was the chief executive officer of XPO Logistics’ supply chain business in the Americas. Previously, he led New Breed Logistics as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1983 until XPO acquired New Breed in 2014. During that time, he grew the company from a small, regional operation to a leading U.S. provider of highly engineered, technology-driven contract logistics solutions employing over 10,000 people nationally. He was appointed to XPO’s Board of Directors after retiring from the company in December 2015.


DeJoy is a member of the Board of Trustees of Elon University, serves as Chair of the Business and Finance Committee and as a member of the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the PGA Wyndham Championship and the Board of Directors for The Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC and is a past member of the Board of Trustees for Moses Cone Health System in North Carolina. DeJoy also held a Presidential Appointment as a Member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.


DeJoy received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting from Stetson University, then went on to become a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Florida. He resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife Dr. Aldona Wos and their children, Ania and Andrew DeJoy. Dr. Wos served as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from 2013-2015. From 2004-2006 she served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia.

Star Member BlueIdaho (7,492 posts)

5. Trump's days are numbered

They are rushing through as much of their agenda as possible before they have to start burning all the records and maps in the fireplaces at the Reichstag.

Iliyah (21,914 posts)

3. Have you noticed how fast the republican party is moving . . .

rushing confirmation of RW judges. Placing purity loyal supporters to key positions during a Pandemic and Nazis did the same thing during the 1918 Pandemic.

 

Blue Owl (20,172 posts)

7. Diamond Joe needs to make a campaign promise

That if ****ing trump shuts down the USPS, he will reopen it when he gets into office.

Seriously, I think this could be a death blow for that miserable fat piece of shit trump.

Diamond Joe? 

Golden Raisin (3,920 posts)

8. Trump toady in charge of the Post Office

will be extremely dangerous if we have to vote by mail in November.

Star Member Takket (11,619 posts)

10. can't believe that position doesn't require congresisonal approval.

 

Star Member Celerity (10,483 posts)

13. ****ing thug

[franksolich]

Uh, before Nixon reformed the postal service, it was ALWAYS a cabinet post awarded a political crony whose real purpose, undisguised, was to distribute party patronage.

Think John Kennedy and Lawrence O'Brien.

Because the post office generally wasn't a policy-making cabinet post, and the duties of the Postmaster General light, it was considered copacetic, okay, by both parties.

[Ptarmigan]

Uh, before Nixon reformed the postal service, it was ALWAYS a cabinet post awarded a political crony whose real purpose, undisguised, was to distribute party patronage.

Think John Kennedy and Lawrence O'Brien.

Because the post office generally wasn't a policy-making cabinet post, and the duties of the Postmaster General light, it was considered copacetic, okay, by both parties.

The left is making a mountain out of a molehill.

[DLR Pyro]

You DUmmies should protest by boycotting the U.S. Postal service for the rest of the year.   

Of course this would put a kink in your plan to rig the upcoming election with mail in voting,  but stick to your principles. show your outrage that the President once again made an appointment that got you morons all butt hurt.

[SVPete]

Star Member VMA131Marine (2,737 posts)

1. Yet another unqualified hack Trump has appointed to a critical position.

I'm going to guess that either the WashPost buried the fact that DeJoy is in fact highly qualified for this position or simply omitted it.