Trump news: Under-fire postmaster general says he has 'no intention' of returning mail sorting machines
Senate committee interrogates US Postal Service chief as GOP prepares for 2020 convention
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump said he would send law enforcement officers to polling locations for this November's presidential election in comments branded "an attack on America" by a former White House ethics chief.
“We're going to have sheriffs, and we're going to have law enforcement, and we're going to have hopefully US attorneys, and we're going to have everybody and attorney generals (sic),” Mr Trump told Fox News after host Sean Hannity asked if he would have "poll watchers".
Meanwhile, his Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said on Friday there was “no intention” to return mail sorting machines that were removed in recent weeks, after it was reported that at least 671 machines were removed in critical voting states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Georgia, among others.
The postmaster general said those machines were “not needed”, while adding that he supports vote-by-mail efforts amid the pandemic.
Mr DeJoy, who has overseen sweeping cuts at the agency following his appointment by the president in June, told a US Senate committee he would be voting by mail in fall elections and insisted that the "American people should feel comfortable that the Postal Service will deliver on this election" despite the president's constant threats to undermine the agency.
On Friday, the president and his family held a funeral service for his brother Robert Trump, who died on 16 August. He was 71. The president held a service in the East Room of the White House.
A group of anti-Trump Republicans have meanwhile seized on the arrest of former Trump campaign chief and senior White House adviser Steve Bannon, who has pleaded not guilty to fraud in an an alleged US-Mexico border wall crowdfunding scheme. He is the subject of an advert targeting Fox News views during next week's 2020 Republican National Convention.
GOP officials and the president are preparing for the event following Joe Biden's official nomination as the Democrats' nominee after his party's week-long convention, during which Democrats and several Republicans condemned the current administration and the president's response to the coronavirus pandemic and economic fallout.
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Trump's convention counter-programming continues on Fox News tonight
And looks like he'll have the Democratic convention on his mind.
"It's pronounced Ponce, I believe", says Andrew Yang of Mike Pence in alleged comedy skit
"I can't wait to see her debate our current vice president, Mika Pintz, or is it Paints?" wonders emcee Julia Louis-Dreyfus
"It's pronounced Ponce, I believe," says Yang.
"Oh, some kind of weird foreign name?" JLD.
Yang: "Yeah not very American sounding."
JLD: "Yeah, that's what people are saying. Strongly."
We will update this as soon as the punch line breaks.
Right to vote paid for with 'blood, sweat, tears' - Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of Atlanta
"There are those who are disgracefully using this pandemic to spread misinformation and interfere with voting, forcing many, in 2020 to still risk their lives to exercise their sacred right to vote," she said.
"A right that has already been paid for with the blood, sweat, tears and lives of so many."
WATCH: 'There's nothing Facebook, Putin or Fox News can do to stop us', says 'Veep' Julia Louis-Dreyfus addresses DNC
"How can you help Joe? It's super simple, vote. Right now, you can text vote to 30330 to learn about all of your voting options and make the best plan in your community wherever you are," she said.
"If we all vote, there is nothing Facebook, Fox News and Vladimir Putin can do to stop us."
Julia Louis-Dreyfus proud to be a 'nasty woman'
"Text vote 30330. 30330, that would be the president's golf score, if he didn't cheat," she said.
"Ok, look, I'll admit that was a little nasty but we all know he's a cheater, and I'm proud to be a nasty, nasty woman."
Moving tribute to John Lewis from Common and John Legend
And everyone got into it.
Sarah Cooper lip syncs Donald Trump
As is her way.
But in a plot twist, she gave voice to... her own voice.
"I've heard Donald Trump say some pretty unhinged things, I've heard them over and over and over again. But nothing is more dangerous to our democracy than his attacks on mail-in voting during a pandemic," she said.
"Okay, here's the truth, Donald Trump doesn't want any of us to vote because he can't win fair and square. So whether you plan to vote by mail or in person wearing your mask, it is your vote and it's your right. Don't let Donald Trump take that away from you."
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