Don’s postal guy vows he won’t resign

Louis DeJoy, the Republican mega-donor picked by former President Donald Trump to lead the Postal Service, told House Democrats on Wednesday they should “get used” to him despite mounting calls for his removal over an allegedly deliberate effort to sabotage his own agency.

The Trump-supporting postmaster general — who can’t be removed by President Biden — struck the defiant tone during a House Oversight Committee hearing about ongoing reforms at the Postal Service, telling members he has no plans to voluntarily resign his post.

“A long time. Get used to me,” DeJoy (photo) said after Rep.

Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) asked how long he planned to stay on.

But DeJoy’s future at the Postal Service may ultimately not be up to him.

Though Biden can’t oust him, the Postal Service’s Board of Governors can. Biden, meantime, has the power to appoint members of the board, opening up a potential backdoor for the president to boot DeJoy.

Congressional Democrats, furious over DeJoy’s alleged efforts to slow down Postal Service deliveries of mail-in ballots ahead of the 2020 election, are calling on Biden to either fill three open seats on the board to gain a Democratic majority — or fire all current governors and get a clean slate.

Ron Bloom, the Trump-picked chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors, defended DeJoy during Wednesday’s hearing and said he didn’t plan to push for his removal. “The postmaster general, in very difficult circumstances, is doing a good job,” Bloom said.

“Respectfully, I disagree,” interjected Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the chairman of the oversight panel’s postal service subcommittee. “And I hope President Biden disagrees as well, and that we take action to replace the Board of Governors with people who care about the Postal Service, and are going to be committed to their job of oversight and accountability.”

After the hearing, the White House announced Biden would nominate three Democrats to fill the open seats on the board, including Anton Hajjar, a former general counsel for the American Postal Workers Union. If confirmed by the Senate, Biden’s picks will solidify a Democratic majority on the board.