(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump is standing by Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk in spite of criticism from Democrats from Illinois and around the country.
Union leaders led rallies on Sunday to protest potential changes to the U.S. Postal Service. Trump has suggested a move to privatize the agency or merge it into the Department of Commerce.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, posted a video on X from a downtown Chicago rally on Sunday. Durbin said he opposed Musk and others who want to privatize USPS.
“The U.S. Postal Service was created in the Constitution. Most people don’t know that, but they do know that they can count on the postal service every day, six days a week,” Durbin said. “Now there are those in Washington, Elon Musk and others, who want to privatize the postal service. I am opposed to that. Let’s keep it an independent agency above politics.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also spoke at the rally and pledged his support for workers.
