Posted on 01/17/2019 7:40:45 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday suggested President Trump hold his State of the Union address in the Senate after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked the president to postpone the Jan. 29 address amid the partial government shutdown.
"I think that’s a real affront to the American people," Paul said on "Fox & Friends," referring to Pelosi's request.
Pelosi made the surprise request on Wednesday, warning that staging the speech amid the partial shutdown — which has affected both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secret Service — creates security risks.
Paul said denying the move would be the first time in U.S. history that the House denied the president a forum to speak and suggested Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should host Trump.
"What I would suggest is — Senator McConnell’s in charge of the Senate; let’s host it in the Senate," Paul said. "This would be the first time in history that the House would deny the president the forum of speaking."
"If she’s going to do that, let’s hold it in the Senate," Paul concluded.
The "Fox & Friends" hosts asked the live audience if they would support holding the State of the Union speech in the Senate, and they clapped in response.
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Five USSC justices skipped the State of the Union speech last year. Justice Thomas has only been to a few.
“If she says no to using the House floor, Trump needs to respect that. “
You may be correct technically, but I think politically the optics of having the president removed from a SOTU would be horrible for the Dems. I think that Trump is just the guy with the stone to do it. Then he could do his speech anywhere else and it would get a lot of attention. We would also be talking about censorship of conservatives.
Exactly.
Further, the leader of the Leftist Dems may presently control the Legislative branch of the U.S., but she should not be allowed to dictate where or under what circumstances the President delivers the SOTU address - or even appear to so dictate.
The Slime will insist on making fools of themselves, to the Deep State's chagrin, because the media will have to defend the childish nonsense.
We get to watch the Notorious RBG get propped up in the front row like a cigar store Indian, so the whole country can gawk at the corpse. (She might even topple over and wouldn't THAT be a giggle?)
The Prez will get to look at his watch and calmly state that the federal RIFs will start in 5 minutes...
Great idea, it will make Pelosi look like the partisan fool that she is.
A 20,000 person Trump Rally sounds better Rand
I don’t agree. That would look like another Trump political rally, more easily ignored or downplayed by the media
The president can also shut the legislature down Rand. It is well within his constitutional authority to do.
“extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.”
LEGISLATIVE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT
AND he can take CARE of all the laws that they be faithfully executed. And read the rest!
Pelosi is in charge of the House Chamber and she could simply keep it closed that evening, with lights out and doors locked
Sounds like a threat...security problems, from some deranged Democrat who will try to go John Wilkes Booth on President Trump.
BTW, if the secret service detail is not being paid and I were President Trump, I’d quietly cut them checks to cover the uncollected pay, to be paid back interest free when they are paid again.
I think he should send the SOTU out by Twitter.
I still maintain that their primary goal is to deny President Trump a "win", regardless of the cost.
Well good. Trump should make this a big deal of this. He should put Pelosi uncontrovertibly on the record stating that Trump is prohibited from entering the House. He should demand a written statement from her. We don’t want any wiggle room from the Dems re-writing of history (as is often done by the left) stating somehow that Trump didn’t want to give the speech at the House.
He should call this censorship of the first order, make this a big issue and include this in his SOTU.
BTW, if the secret service detail is not being paid and I were President Trump, I’d quietly cut them checks to cover the uncollected pay, to be paid back interest free when they are paid again.
I forgot to specify, personal checks from my own account.
Two-three hundred tweets?
I sent this same suggestion to Mitch McConnell’s office via his senate contact page yesterday. I noted that the Senate is part of Congress. Nancy was using the word Congress when she meant just the House of Representatives in the note. Her petty politics shouldn’t change our traditions.
Hold it at the Border.
Not ignoring it at all. It’s the Dem’s House,
they make the rules.
That appears to be her prerogative, and that may be entirely reasonable - consider how distasteful it was when Obama visited the Supreme Court and remained leaning in an Alpha Dog commandeering and disrespectful manner on the CJ's chair.
Trump may not demand the House chamber be made available but McConnell might formally request a Joint Session which will refer to the existence of adequate security.
Pelosi will almost certainly disagree and Trump can then refer to the deep fracture that presently exists in our government - all based on the Dems desire for weakened U.S. border security.
A desire bolstered by the denial of certain government employee paychecks until Trump capitulates
I don’t care what the media thinks
And yes, it would be political
And more fun to watch
Let Congress watch it on TV just like the rest of us.
And no pre-presentation releases to anyone.
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