“I kind of felt like it wasn’t much different than the service I was already providing to the United States,” said Combs, “I would still be providing service to the United States.”

Why veterans want money for the Postal Service https://politi.co/2GnqsTc  via @politico #SaveTheUSPS

“We’re promoting these jobs for veterans as these stable, good jobs to make sure our disabled veterans have gainful employment because they served their country, and now we’re trying to underfund it, cut the programs, cut the way hiring processes are,”-Will Attig @unionveterans

“A lot of our veterans when they leave the military, the majority of them try to come back to their home states, their hometowns,” said Ariel De Jesus, an assistant director at @AmericanLegion. “And of course, there’s always a post office over there.”

Those three combinations of issues — our military votes by mail, the USPS is a huge hirer of veterans, and prescriptions are delivered by mail — put the president in a position he didn’t understand,” Jon Soltz, chair of @votevets VoteVets, said.