Mailgate: Trump's Shadow in the Past President Donald Trump's executive order directing the post office to suppress mail voting has sparked widespread outrage and accusations of voter suppression.
Critics argue that this move is unprecedented – but only if one ignores a rather sordid chapter in American history.
A century and a half ago, President Andrew Jackson empowered the Postal Service to squelch abolitionist literature sent through the mail. The parallels between then and now are striking.