Washington – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked President Donald Trump to postpone his State of the Union address to the nation — set for Jan. 29 — until the government reopens.
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The White House hasn’t immediately responded to a request for comment about Pelosi’s request, which she made in a letter to the president.
Pelosi says the partial shutdown is raising concerns about security preparations for the speech. The California Democrat notes that the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security have been without funding for almost four weeks.
The annual speech is perhaps the president’s biggest opportunity to present his agenda directly to the public.
Pelosi writes that “given the security concerns and unless government reopens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after the government has re-opened.”
She’s also raising the possibility that Trump deliver the message in writing, as presidents once did.
Seems like a reasonable thing to do since all the Secret Service guys are without pay.
Wow. She is really pushing her way around.
Tell her to give in and stop hurting the American public. You guys preach compromise. Give him 2.5. Big deal, stop making a tzimus when American people are hurt
We all know the only reason she would do that is political. I guess she knows she’s in trouble
No real issue here. Until Woodrow Wilson the SOTU was always sent to Congress in writing.
When dealing with the garbage in the WH, sometimes you have to stoop to their level to get the message across so that agent orange can understand that he’s garbage and will be treated as such.
President Trump invited Elizabeth Alvarado, Robert Mickens, Evelyn Rodriguez, and Freddy Cuevas to his 2018 State of the Union Address. They are the parents of Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas, two girls and close friends who were chased down and brutally murdered by MS-13.
In January 2018 when President Trump honored the parents of Kayla and Nisa and the victims of illegal immigrant violence, the Democrats groaned and booed.
This was a shocking display – even for today’s Democrats.
Good job Grandma. If a child has a tenter tantrum close the TV. Its time that the Fake Media learns from her. Stop showing or even quoting Trump. Its the sure way to wake him up. He will do anything to get the attention back, maybe even behave like a fine human being.