Posted on 09/04/2020 2:41:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
NBC 6 cameras were at both facilities where Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz attempted to enter after speaking with union members
The congresswoman says she received pictures showing mail dating as far back as July at facilities in the area.
Wasserman Schultz told NBC 6 she went to one of the facilities in Opa-locka in February.
A member of Congress from South Florida was denied entry to United States Postal Service facilities early Friday morning as questions remain over mail times for ballots ahead of the upcoming general election.
NBC 6 cameras were at both facilities in Opa-locka and Northwest Miami-Dade where Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz attempted to do a spot check after speaking with union members about conditions at processing centers across the area.
Caution tape was reportedly placed over a gate in the early morning hours at the first facility visited in Opa-locka to block entry when Wasserman Schultz arrived around 4 a.m.
“Hours ago, that tape wasn’t there," said Nick Mosezar from the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. "All of a sudden today security is a priority, yet this is one of the worst secured facilities in this state."
“This is an outrage, an absolute outrage,” Wasserman Schultz said. “If they think they are going to throw a bed sheet over what’s going on behind these doors, they are mistaken.”
Wasserman Schultz told NBC 6 she went to the same facility in February, but was told she didn't follow proper protocol and would have to go through a training session before being allowed to enter.
She was also denied access to a second facility in Northwest Miami-Dade later in the morning.
The congresswoman, who sits on the House oversight committee for the USPS, says she received pictures showing mail dating as far back as July at facilities in the area.
“Postmaster (Louis) DeJoy has already obstructed the committee by failing to provide requested documents in a timely way. Now he’s denying Congress access to public facilities,” she said in a statement. “There are no children, defense secrets or sick patients behind those doors. Denying Congress access to the facilities, is denying the vital public oversight of our mail system.”
NBC 6 reached out to the USPS for comment, who responded by saying in part:
"The Postal Service welcomes visits from members of Congress at our facilities, and we routinely arrange for tours. We learned late yesterday afternoon that Representative Wasserman Schultz wanted to arrange for a tour at 4:00 am this morning. We spoke with her staff to explain that we were unable to set up the tour on such short notice, but would be happy to accommodate her at another time.”
It looks like the employees doing the security related tasks are members of the American Postal Workers Union, another AFL-CIO union like the mail handlers. So why doesn't Mr. Mosezar call his counterpart over in the APWU and ask them to do their job?
NBC 6 cameras were at both facilities in Opa-locka and Northwest Miami-Dade where Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz attempted to do a spot check...
Amazing how they always seem to there...
I agree. Common courtesy would have been for him to call the other person to confer with them if he had a problem with the security of the place. Instead he drops a dime on the person to the media, and they run with it. If, after he had called this other person, advised him of his security concerns, and after a period of time, nothing had changed, then you go higher up, but what he did was totally disrespectful. I think Mr. Mosezar might end up getting some flack over it, and rightfully so. It isn't how things are done.
The real outrage is that Wasserman Schultz isn’t behind bars for her actions in 2016.
Agreed.
How does she know that mail from July 31st has not been delivered yet? She doesn’t.
“Now he’s denying Congress access to public facilities...”
The part of the facility she is talking about is not a public assembly area. If she goes into that area, unwanted, she is trespassing on a government reservation. If she wishes to enter, she can get it cleared and she will be allowed into that area as a government employee with the clearance and need to know. A common citizen would not be allowed into that area.
https://about.usps.com/posters/pos7.pdf
It falls under federal law and carries a possible fine and/or jail time. 18 U.S.C. 3571
To my last understanding of her, she doesn’t qualify as God and has to play by the rules.
rwood
I’m sure the USPS doesn’t appreciate a spot check no mattter what political affiliation they may have.
“Sorry, we are not letting you into our facility,..because you are too damn ugly.”
An oldie but a goodie....
“public facilities”?
Maybe the lobbies, but behind the counter is verboten to unauthorized personnel.
Grandstanding for a photo-op isn’t “authorization” for a Congress sh*tter to gain access to a secure facility.
It’s probably undeliverable mail.
People die.
Houses and businesses burn down.
Because of the fraudemic businesses are no longer in business.
People don’t leave a forwarding address.
All reasons why there could be mail dating back to July sitting at the post office.
Hell it’s florida, half that damn mail probably belongs to snowbirds from New York or New Jersey.
She’s a liar, Jim. Not to be trusted. Well done.
So she shines a spotlight on their incompetence.
She’s in charge of oversight. Hmmmmmm
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