Barack Obama accuses Trump of attempting to ‘actively kneecap’ the US Postal Service to suppress mail-in votes

President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Giovanni. 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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.

“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,” Obama ha detto, …LEGGI TUTTO