Posted on 01/17/2019 5:00:32 PM PST by Bigtigermike
President Trump latest action of denying Pelosi use of military planes within hours of departure overseas in light of the shutdown, puts Nancy and the Democrats in a goading box
If Pelosi acquiesce and allow Trump to speak before all of Congress in the House then she will appear as groveling and weak as she backs down from her supposedly power move praised by the media. The radical leftists in the House wouldnt like it either and would slam Pelosi as a weakling and not standing up to Trump. President Trump wins
If Pelosi denies Trump to speak before all of Congress in the House then its possible the Schumer might be able to block (filibuster) Trump from maybe speaking in the Senate. Trump will have appropriate response wherein hes trying to speak to American people but the elite Democrats dont care about border security, the furloughed workers, and dont even what to hear out the President. He may speak to a stadium crowd somewhere outside of Washington DC. Trump wins
If He can speak in the Senate then Im pretty sure that most Dems in the Senate or those invited from the House will NOT show up and he will speak before a more friendly crowd without the hissing and booing that surely was expected in the House, plus he can point out that the Democrats are not present for the speech. Trump wins
Totally agree, but at the same time, it had to be a delicious moment for him.
Great Idea. Trump needs the people to finish off these communists.
I love the tweets but he’s even more effective when speaking in front of an audience...it shows his realness.
Senate works on unanimous consent. If someone objects, it takes 60 to move forward. All Dems will object.
No wonder they get nothing done.
In the age of incivility, they need to change that rule.
No need. The standing rules of both the House and the Senate grant floor privileges to the President and Vice-president. This does not, however, give them permission to address the body.
-PJ
Nah. Not buying that argument. Most likely he just walks in and delivers the address. No one is going to stop a President from entering the halls of Congress.
But if they did ... whoah nelly just think of the optics of that mess. I suspect he will follow tradition and deliver the SOTU at Congress.
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