Postmaster General Louis DeJoy didnāt want to hear it anymore. So much so, he covered his ears during a congressional hearing Tuesday regarding how the postal service is doing.
The answer, according to Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), is not great.
McCormick said DeJoy did not receive an āA gradeā when it comes to how he is leading the U.S. Postal Service. The two exchanged words during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing, The Hill reported.
āYou were graded by the United States people, and they donāt use your service anymore,ā McCormick told Dejoy.
āThat is not true,ā Dejoy shot back. āOur office is growing.ā
āYou are responsible for the fall of the Postal Service and the lack of accountability,ā McCormick said.
DeJoy countered, āThis Congress is responsible for it falling apart. I am trying to fix the Postal Service.ā
Then DeJoy said to McCormick, āYouāre talking to yourself,ā as he covered his ears.
The argument stemmed from the controversy of how the Postal Service dealt with mail-in ballots.
āAlmost every single business I know that wants to send a check out wonāt use the U.S. Postal Service anymore,āMcCormick said during the hearing as reported by Mediaite. āI wonāt use the U.S. Postal Service anymore. Thatās on your watch. The two major decisions Iāve seen you make, which is on the distribution centers and on employee rate hiring, have done nothing to mitigate this in real-time ways.ā
āI donāt understand why you give yourself an A Grade, as you just stated when it comes to the delivery we have,ā McCormick added.
DeJoy previously said the Postal Service could handle the influx of mail-in ballots during the election season, The Associated Press reported.