A Texas sheriff who is running for a seat in the US House of Representatives claims that surveillance video shows a postal worker dumping a bundle of his campaign fliers into the trash over the weekend.
The alarming incident supports concerns among Republicans about the integrity of an all mail-in November election.
Sheriff Nehls released the video on his social media account, showing what appears to be a United States Postal Service employee throwing his campaign fliers into the garbage — a potential felony.
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The video then shows the postal worker drive away before two people who noticed decided to investigate the matter.
“A US Postal worker was just caught on video throwing a stack of my campaign mailers in a dumpster,” Nehls wrote.
A US Postal worker was just caught on video throwing a stack of my campaign mailers in a dumpster. Some patriots nearby heard a noise when she tossed them in & went to investigate. They found a stack of them and called me. No wonder people are skeptical of mail in voting. pic.twitter.com/I28SBydg2N
— Sheriff Troy Nehls (@SheriffTNehls) June 26, 2020
“Some patriots nearby heard a noise when she tossed them in & went to investigate,” he added. “They found a stack of them and called me. No wonder people are skeptical of mail-in voting.”
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He followed his post with a picture of the alleged campaign fliers in the dumpster.
It’s the latest incident of mail-related troubles that have occurred during the global pandemic — and political pundits have observed that voters are increasingly skeptical of mail-in results.
Long wait times, reports of fraud, and overall confusion have shaken the confidence of the electoral system.
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Just imagine — if postal workers are willing to commit felonies in order to thwart political campaign fliers — just think about millions of actual voter ballots across the nation that were to decide our next president.
Nehls, a Republican, is planning to investigate the incident.
He expressed his disappointment to KPRC Houston, calling what happened “a sad day.”
“I said to myself: How sad? How sad it is to see?” Nehls said. “We have the federal government, the postal service, throwing away political mailers. A sad day.”
President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed concern that mail-in voting would be overwhelmed with fraud —
Absentee Ballots are fine. A person has to go through a process to get and use them. Mail-In Voting, on the other hand, will lead to the most corrupt Election is USA history. Bad things happen with Mail-Ins. Just look at Special Election in Patterson, N.J. 19% of Ballots a FRAUD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2020
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