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Nancy Pelosi's SOTU power play is starting to look a little tattered
American Thinker ^ | 01/17/2019 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 01/17/2019 6:26:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind

It started as the epitome of arrogance. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent President Trump a letter, calling on him to postpone his Jan. 29 State of the Union address until the government shutdown ends. She didn't even tell her fellow Democrats until after she did it, the latter being busy rounding up furloughed government workers to stand in the audience for the spectacle to shame Trump. It was all about security concerns, Pelosi claimed.

Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

As if, in the absence of security, President Trump couldn't send some drones and electronic detectors, which Pelosi insists would be better than a wall to guard the entire U.S. border.

As Hot Air noted, the whole thing was a lie. Security was there, and the move was little more than a bid to "de-platform" President Trump out of fear that his speech might just win. Now her entire argument is falling apart.

For starters, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the Secret Service was ready to provide security, while others said security was mainly the job of the Capitol Police who are unaffected by the shutdown.

 


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The Department of Homeland Security and the US Secret Service are fully prepared to support and secure the State of the Union. We thank the Service for their mission focus and dedication and for all they do each day to secure our homeland. — Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen (@SecNielsen) January 16, 2019

 

1 posted on 01/17/2019 6:26:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Nancy Pelosi is doing more for President Trump then the entire GOP. Go Nancy.


2 posted on 01/17/2019 6:29:45 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The only security threat is Nancy sitting behind the president with a gavel in her hand.


3 posted on 01/17/2019 6:31:51 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

ROTFLMAO!


4 posted on 01/17/2019 6:36:08 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Power play?

Try “petulant tantrum.”


5 posted on 01/17/2019 6:38:52 AM PST by papertyger (MSM=America's Ex-Wife)
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To: SeekAndFind

She just doesn’t want to sit there and have him call her on the carpet on national TV.


6 posted on 01/17/2019 6:43:56 AM PST by BobinIL
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To: SeekAndFind

Nancy is looking a little tattered...like someone turning on the walking dead.


7 posted on 01/17/2019 6:44:50 AM PST by jetson
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To: SeekAndFind

Pelosi will not last one year as Speaker. She will resign for alleged health reasons, but pressure from her party leadership will be the real reason. She will commit too many major mistakes in addition to those she has already committed in such a short time. Even Chuck Schumer is hiding from her for the moment about this SOTU matter. He wants no part of it. Other Democrats will pull the cya play and do likewise.


8 posted on 01/17/2019 6:46:52 AM PST by Saltmeat
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To: Eddie01

Amen!


9 posted on 01/17/2019 6:49:41 AM PST by buffyt (Dems: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.Abe)
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To: jetson

“...Nancy is looking a little tattered...like someone turning on the walking dead.....”
Agree. In these parts, we call the “Vile Botoxian”. She really should just crawl back behind her walls and tend to her Samoan slaves and leave America alone...both her and The Schuck. America is being held hostage by Californicate and New Yawk.


10 posted on 01/17/2019 6:54:35 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The only thing that Pelosi’s antics have done is to guarantee that the normal audience for Trump’s SOTU speech will be double what it would have been.


11 posted on 01/17/2019 6:55:03 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Atrophy of science is visible when the spokesman goes from Einstein to Sagan to Neli Degrasse Tyson.)
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To: Saltmeat

Yes, but it is fun to watch, while it lasts. If she’ll just come out every 2 or 3 days with some new stupid comment, it helps our side.


12 posted on 01/17/2019 6:55:36 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: SeekAndFind

“the latter being busy rounding up furloughed government workers to stand in the audience for the spectacle to shame Trump”

There’s an appropriate saying, something like: The best-laid plans of mice and DimRATs often go awry.


13 posted on 01/17/2019 6:55:58 AM PST by Heart of Georgia
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To: SeekAndFind

Nancy Pelosi, The gift that never plans on giving...


14 posted on 01/17/2019 6:57:31 AM PST by Agatsu77
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To: jetson
I heard they are calling Nan Micro Stroke behind her back. 😊
15 posted on 01/17/2019 6:58:57 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

She’s a petty b!tch, period.


16 posted on 01/17/2019 7:00:43 AM PST by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The poor woman can’t think of a color to have her women dressed in this year ,LOL


17 posted on 01/17/2019 7:01:00 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: jetson

“”Nancy is looking a little tattered...like someone turning on the walking dead.””

There was a clip of her on TV last night and that’s all I could think of - no makeup, nothing done to the hair - looked like she’d just crawled out of bed or the sewer....


18 posted on 01/17/2019 7:04:13 AM PST by Thank You Rush ("")
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To: Agatsu77

“...Nancy Pelosi, The gift that never plans on giving...”
She may not have planned it, but she’s doing for Trump what odongo did for gun sales....LOL
It’s easy to a lib when you’re dumber than a box of rocks....LOL


19 posted on 01/17/2019 7:04:35 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: jetson

Nancy is starting to show signs of a river in Egypt (see: Nile).

CC


20 posted on 01/17/2019 7:07:13 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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