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Actor Wayne Knight, who played uncouth postal worker Newman in “Seinfeld,” reprised his role as a carrier to accuse President Trump for a “premeditated assault on the US mail” in another advertisement paid for by a Democratic super PAC.
Knight, wearing a postal uniform and wearing a face mask, blasts Trump in the advertisement for a cross country mail slowdown that hit the US in August, before November’s presidential election.
“There’s been a deliberate, premeditated assault on the US mail by President Trump and his supposed Postmaster General — that person’s never licked a stamp,” Knight says in the ad.
“They had the unmitigated gall to try to slow down the mail,” he adds. “When everyone knows the only person who can slow down the mail is a mailman.”
The PAC that paid for the ad, PACRONYM, bills itself as a digital-only campaign that is targeting voters in swing states to oust President Trump in the election.
Ahead of #WorldPostDay, we have a very important message from your friendly local mail carrier. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/hUIsqzXJc5
— PACRONYM (@PACRONYM) October 8, 2020
The clip that featured Knight was going viral on Twitter Friday evening, with shares from celebrities including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played Elaine on “Seinfeld.”
“They’ve got missing mailboxes. They’re decommissioning sweet, sweet sorting machines to try to delay voting by mail,” Knight adds in the clip.
“And it’s not just your mail-in ballots you gotta worry about. Oh, no, no, no. You gotta worry about your grandma’s blood pressure medicine,” he says.
Trump has repeatedly blasted mail-in voting in the election, claiming it will lead to widespread voter fraud.
