Lie August 18, 2020 · Interview · Other

“As far as the post office is concerned, for years they've wanted to cut the post office. I don't want to cut the post office. What I want is I want Amazon and other companies like that, that dump all their packages into our postal system, where we lose $2.50 - $3.00 per package, I want Amazon to pay. And I don't want to fire people that work in the post office. I don't want them also charging people for that. Amazon, they make a lot of money because they drop all their packages into the... Not all of them, but a big portion of them... They drop them into the post office. And the post office loses money every time they have a package, they bring you a package. They lose $2.50 - $3.00. Even sometimes, I guess, more than that, depending on the package.”

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August 18, 2020
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Interview
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Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
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