[joe fonebone]

And as such, passed a law that states that this material is not to be shipped using the USPS.
Period.
Just because the libs pick and choose which laws to enforce does not make it correct to do so.

[Carry_Okie]

I didn't say it was a tough legal call, I did say that it is a tough political call. Legally, you are correct. Comstock prohibits such shipments. Politically, Trump needs his pro-life base, but he also needs the "pro-abortion and otherwise conservative" soccer mom vote. Why? Because the amount of likely fraud will mean he needs to win big. In this case, large numbers of voters will be upset either way.

Hence, it is a tough political call.

Yes, he could have said, "They can use UPS, Fedex, or any other alternative, Comstock notwithstanding," or "We're still studying that," but he didn't. That was dumb.