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Mark Pocan: “The Democrats in the Senate screwed up because they did not…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Representative Mark Pocan Town Hall in Madison January 2025

Published | Video Starts at 47:35

But now he's talking about maybe getting rid of Dejoy, but he can't do that because we couldn't do it either, because it's the Postal Board of Governors that has that authority over Dejoy. Now, one thing I will say, The Democrats in the Senate screwed up because they did not prioritize approving those board of governor appointments that Joe Biden had. So they could have acted. And that's part of why we're in the mess that we're in. So. (47:35–47:44)

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Asserts that Senate Democrats failed to prioritize approving Biden's Postal Board of Governors appointments.

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