More than 100 demonstrators converged outside the North Carolina mansion of the postmaster general, protesting the cutbacks, delays, and other changes to the U.S. Postal Service that have created fears for mail-in voting ahead of the November presidential election.
Protesters gathered for about two hours Sunday along the streets below Louis DeJoy's gated property, which overlooks the Greensboro Country Club golf course.
Maureen McCullough says she came to the demonstration motivated by one emotion.
“Outrage," she says. "It's just been one thing after another with Trump for the last three and a half years. And installing his crony to take over our post office and impede the vote was the last straw.”
DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser and major political donor named to lead the Postal Service in May, has sparked a nationwide outcry over postal delays and cutbacks just as millions of Americans prepare to vote by mail to avoid polling places during the coronavirus pandemic.
The protest follows President Donald Trump's acknowledgement in an interview on Fox Business Network that he has been starving the Postal Service of money in order to make it harder to process an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worries could cost him the election.
The Postal Service warned states last week that it could not guarantee all ballots cast by mail would arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by deadlines.
Protestors also gathered outside DeJoy's apartment building in Washington early Saturday morning in a similar protest, The Washington Post reported.
Several local activist groups rallied people to the protest, which was largely organized and led by Scott Huffman. He's a Democratic candidate for Congress, opposing incumbent Republican Ted Budd in the adjacent 13th District.
It was unclear whether DeJoy was at either home during the demonstrations.
The Postal Service did not immediately respond to news outlets' requests for comment.
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