Musician John Legend accused the U.S. Postal Service of intentionally delaying the delivery of mail-in ballots due to its on-time delivery rates dropping to near-yearly lows.
“This is intentional. Do not put your ballots in the mail any more,” Legend tweeted in response to a tweet by NBC News White House correspondent Geoff Bennett.
“US Postal Service on-time delivery times for First-Class Mail have dropped again — now nearly as bad as the worst period this summer. If you are voting absentee and haven’t returned your ballot, experts say drop it off in person. Do not rely on #USPS delivery at this point,” Bennett wrote.
This is intentional. Do not put your ballots in the mail any more. https://t.co/DlcQwjNyUM
— John Legend (@johnlegend) October 27, 2020
CNN analyst April Ryan echoed Legend’s remarks, tweeting that the Postal Service was engaged in “voter suppression.”
Deliberate voter suppression @johnlegend https://t.co/ZKhqjRGuD2
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) October 27, 2020
President Trump has expressed concerns over fraud with mail-in voting for months, a claim Democrats, the media, and social media companies have labeled as misinformation.
“Don’t risk your health, vote by mail,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assured voters in August.
The New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post have also reported on the trustworthiness of voting by mail.
Facebook and Twitter have taken a similar approach, attaching fact-checks to Trump’s posts that claim voting by mail may not lead to an accurate count.
Facebook also put a label on Trump’s posts that encouraged users to learn about the “long history of trustworthiness” of voting by mail. Twitter attached a message about mail-in voting to Trump’s tweets, asking users to “learn how voting by mail is safe and secure.”
Twitter did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment on whether Legend or Ryan violated the company’s terms of service against election misinformation.
