BEDMINSTER - The intersection of Route 206 and Lamington Road used to be - just an intersection in a tony town.

Now it's an epicenter of democracy in New Jersey.

On this Sunday, the MAGA troops got there first. Waving giant Trump flags and some attired in Trump clothing, about 30 or so supporters celebrated the president's two months in office.

But then, around noon, a somewhat larger group of letter carriers arrived with a huge banner reading, "Fight Like Hell."

They set up shop about 75 yards away from the MAGA group along 206 South.

They were there to fight possible plans of the Trump Administration to privatize the postal service. They say that would mean service cutbacks, especially in rural areas, and the loss of jobs.

A local police officer stood between the two groups in a demilitarized zone of sorts.

There's nothing coincidental about the location - Trump's golf course is a few miles down the road to the west and the president was there earlier this weekend.

Trump supporters, who have been a steady presence at the location going back to Trump's first term, dismissed the protest as the work of liberal Democrats. And as one person reminded the letter carriers as they walked by, "Trump won."

A few minutes later, Rep. Mikie Sherrill joined the group in support.

Sherrill, who is running for governor, noted that the postal service is mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.

"I sincerely appreciate all the work you do," she said.

Sherrill said she has opposed Louis DeJoy, the outgoing Postmaster General, because:

"We can't have someone in charge of the postal service who hates the postal service."

She pledged to keep on fighting to support postal service jobs.

One union official told the letter carriers it's confusing why MAGA folks would oppose their interests.

After all, he said, the post office delivers mail to everybody.

That's a legitimate point. But today's polarized political world doesn't have room for many subtleties.

The Trump crowd was surprised Sherrill showed up and was speaking a short distance away..

One man said Sherrill's politics are not to his liking, although he favorably acknowledged her military record. She is a Navy veteran.