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Obama slams Trump on U.S. Postal Service, says GOP is ‘scared’ of people voting

President Barack Obama points to members of the audience while speaking at Capital University Field House in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Obama is kicking off a week of campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with a stop in battleground Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In a new interview, former President Barack Obama slammed President Trump and Republicans on recent issues with the U.S. Postal Service, saying Mr. Trump is trying to “kneecap” the post office to boost his re-election chances.

In this Sept. 18, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he tours a section of the southern border wall, in Otay Mesa, Calif., as acting Homeland Secretary Kevin McAleenan listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. makes a point at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.

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Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., center, listen as Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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President Donald Trump listens during an event called &quot;Kids First: Getting America's Children Safely Back to School&quot; in the State Dining room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Israel-UAE deal draws bipartisan praise in diplomatic win for Trump

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In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stands at left as his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

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In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to a GOP women's group in Rome, Ga. Greene, criticized for promoting racist videos and adamantly supporting the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, has won the GOP nomination for northwest Georgia's 14th Congressional District. (John Bailey/Rome News-Tribune via AP, File)

GOP congressional candidate praised by Trump wrote dozens of articles for conspiracy theory website

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President Barack Obama points to members of the audience while speaking at Capital University Field House in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Obama is kicking off a week of campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with a stop in battleground Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama slams Trump on U.S. Postal Service, says GOP is ‘scared’ of people voting

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President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Clyde, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to a GOP women's group in Rome, Ga. Greene, criticized for promoting racist videos and adamantly supporting the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, has won the GOP nomination for northwest Georgia's 14th Congressional District. (John Bailey/Rome News-Tribune via AP, File)

GOP congressional candidate praised by Trump wrote dozens of articles for conspiracy theory website

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that President Trump will not go down without a fight if he loses the election to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. (screengrab via YouTube/@The 19th)

Hillary Clinton: ‘Trump is not going to go silently into the night’

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Police in Wilson, North Carolina, have charged Darrius Sessoms, 25, with first-degree murder in the death of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant. (screengrab via CBS 17)

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Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle demand homeowners give up their property as a form of reparations, Aug. 12, 2020. The march through neighborhoods was live-streamed by Concrete Reporting via the Periscope app. (Image: Periscope app live stream, Concrete Reporting, video screenshot)

Black Lives Matter crowd demands Seattle homeowners ‘give up’ property: ‘We coming for it’

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In this file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. It was announced on August 14 that Mr. Trump is expected to visit his younger brother Robert, who is in the hospital in New York City, on his way to spend the weekend in Bedminster. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s youngest brother hospitalized in NYC

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In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. The Trump campaign is calling for a fourth debate to be added into the presidential-debate schedule, this one in early September, as the earliest scheduled debate now in the works for Sept. 29 comes weeks after the earliest early-voting periods begin in some states. (AP Photo, File) ** FILE **

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President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event on police reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump plans to give convention speech on White House grounds

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President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this Oct. 11, 2013, file image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow. (AP Photo, File)

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In this Sept. 18, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he tours a section of the southern border wall, in Otay Mesa, Calif., as acting Homeland Secretary Kevin McAleenan listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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In this July 23, 2020, file image from video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington. (House Television via AP, File)

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Sen. Kamala D. Harris has come under fire for remarks she made during the debates about health care. She clarified and said she thought it was a personal question. Her comments during The Breakfast Club also had to be clarified. (Associated Press)

Harris, like Biden, has history of making questionable comments

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People walk on the words Black Lives Matter that was painted in bright yellow letters on 16th Street as demonstrators protest Sunday, June 7, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump displays the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is now three for three. Each year of his presidency, he has issued more executive orders than did former President Barack Obama during the same time-span. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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A U.S. Army Arizona National Guard volunteer directs a vehicle into a COVID-19 drive-through testing station Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 during the first day of a megablitz testing event presented by Yuma County, the City of Yuma and the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs in the parking lot of the Yuma Civic Center in Yuma. The blitz is intended to offer up to 10,000 free COVID-19 drive-through tests to area residents. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)

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Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

TikTok employees organizing lawsuit against Trump’s ban

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Carter Page has spent hours answering questions from FBI agents and has not been charged with any crime. (Associated Press/File)

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In a Saturday, June 8, 2019, photo, Kansas City mayoral candidates Jolie Justus, right, and Quinton Lucas meet at Northland Cathedral for the fifth of six debates sponsored by The Kansas City Star. (Shelly Yang/The Kansas City Star via AP) **FILE**

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) warms up before a NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)

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Washington Redskins linebacker Montez Sweat (90) is blocked by Detroit Lions offensive tackle Taylor Decker (68) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

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Washington Wizards' Thomas Bryant (13) dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)

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