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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Blocks President Trump Entry into Capitol Building
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | January 22, 2019 | Sundance

Posted on 01/22/2019 2:30:49 PM PST by COUNTrecount

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Blocks President Trump Entry into Capitol Building – Confirms State of Union Speech Cancellation…

It looks like Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi has no intention of allowing the House chamber to be used for a State of the Union address.

Speaker Pelosi has informed the House Sergeant at Arms that no executive branch official will be permitted entry into the Capitol building.

Earlier Fox News reported Pelosi cancelled a walkthrough last week, and a second request for reconsideration from the White House is expected to meet the same fate. The House Speaker controls who is, and who is not, permitted entry to the House floor. Until Speaker Pelosi calls for a vote to support a joint session of congress, the President cannot enter the chamber.

Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley discusses the status of the current shutdown negotiations and the likelihood a SOU address will have to take place outside Washington DC.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 116th; democrats; obstructionistdems; pelosi; sotu; speakerpelosi; trumpsotu
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To: Vendome

Get out of Leftafornia, asap.


381 posted on 01/23/2019 8:10:11 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: COUNTrecount

Looks like she’s ready to fire on Ft Sumter...


382 posted on 01/23/2019 8:12:41 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: COUNTrecount

So I guess walls work


383 posted on 01/23/2019 8:12:57 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Dave W

Ha and raise you a ha. You clearly have no understanding of how to respond to an emergency to ensure our national defense. and one more Ha, I call.


384 posted on 01/23/2019 8:14:53 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: MHGinTN

Kant bro.

Love it here.

hate the tard politics.

Luv the people, cultures and the land.

Only other place for me is Chile....


385 posted on 01/23/2019 8:23:14 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: enumerated

In addition the the House Chamber, I think McConnell only has control of the Senate Chamber and wing. The Speaker has overall control of the remainder of the Capitol building. Yes, she could bar access to the rotunda and any senate guests would have to come in thru he “back door”.


386 posted on 01/23/2019 8:36:33 AM PST by damper99 (pu)
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To: unixfox

With no time left for a rebuttal.


387 posted on 01/23/2019 8:38:10 AM PST by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: COUNTrecount

How does this bitch get away with this??? She is not owner of this building, WE ARE!!!! What the hell is going on in this nation??? America is heading straight into the bowels of hell as fast as this run away train can go. Full speed ahead. America is toast. Prepare folks. If you don’t know the LORD Jesus Christ, I would suggest you seek Him out now. Time grows short. After you die, time is up. There is absolutely no place called purgatory. You sins cannot be bought and paid for by a family member after you die. The Scriptures clearly say, we are appointed once to die, and then the judgment. No purgatory, no second chances. One chance to repent, while you are alive. That is it. Seek Him now, time is short.


388 posted on 01/23/2019 8:40:21 AM PST by RetiredArmy (We are in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! Do U know Him?)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

“The Democrats haven’t been this irrational since the Republicans freed their slaves.”

Yet it’s always the Southern states that save our ass on election night.


389 posted on 01/23/2019 8:42:10 AM PST by enumerated
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To: morphing libertarian

It’s not that I don’t understand what needs to be done, but we have to operate within the bounds of the law...at least some do and our side abides by the law for better or worse. The other side is allowed to do what they want because the media gives them cover. It is just the way it is.


390 posted on 01/23/2019 9:05:32 AM PST by Dave W
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To: Dave W

the law does not make the judiciary omnipotent in emergencies. Nor should it


391 posted on 01/23/2019 9:21:37 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: damper99

“In addition the the House Chamber, ....the Speaker has overall control of the remainder of the Capitol building.”

What’s your source for that? I’ve never heard any such thing.

Anyway, what people are forgetting, is that an action taken to physically block entry of a POTUS from the House chamber, would be well outside the scope of existing policies and protocols. Since it would constitute a dispute between two coequal branches of government, the courts would have to rule on the matter.

I suspect that where classified information or potential conflicts of interest might exist, or when insufficient prior notice has been given for the visit, there might be cases where access could be blocked. For example, it may be possible to block entry of the POTUS from certain offices in the FBI or CIA, especially if insufficient prior notice was given.

But it is very difficult to imagine the courts ruling in favor of an action blocking the POTUS from the House chamber for a SOTU address when - 1) ample prior notice was given, 2) there is such strong precedent for the visit, 3) the efforts by the Democrats to block entry are so blatantly petty and partisan.

My guess is that if POTUS wants to go, he will go.


392 posted on 01/23/2019 9:28:19 AM PST by enumerated
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To: faithhopecharity
would like to see PDJT give the address.. in a nice big beautiful stadium or conference hall... with thousands of supportive American citizens...

Sure, and invite congress to attend. So they don't have to mix with the hoi polloi they can have reserved nosebleed seating.

393 posted on 01/23/2019 9:39:52 AM PST by pa_dweller (They never thought she would lose. BWAAAAHAAAHAAHAAaa!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Have it at the statue of liberty. That should enrage them beyond belief.

Start a new tradition.

Maybe have several state of the union speeches to really make them go nuts.

Start at the statue of Liberty, speech 1, then fly to Illinois, Lincolns Grave. Then Mt Rushmore. Then stop in San Francisco, get out in front of Nancys House, and remark how beautiful her wall is, and how it keeps her safe and warm.

By the end of the day, they’ll be screaming and crying like 2 year old brats.


394 posted on 01/23/2019 9:49:40 AM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: pa_dweller

That will be great!


395 posted on 01/23/2019 9:57:27 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Sa-teef

The MSM would have elephants, if it did.


396 posted on 01/23/2019 10:06:26 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Hold it in the Senate and show that the House Dems are babies. They’ll yell and cheer that they won.... a Pyrrhic victory and who would care?


397 posted on 01/23/2019 10:08:53 AM PST by Yomin Postelnik (Free Phil Zodhiates. A true patriot and a good man.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Then he had the opposition taken out and shot. Bill Clinton said he would do the same thing under similar circumstances.


398 posted on 01/23/2019 10:12:13 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: COUNTrecount
Dear President Trump:

Please do the State of the Union Address from our Southern Border. Use it to beat the Democrats over the head with the fact that they supported some $50+ Billion to build a border barrier under the George Walker Bush Presidency, passed the bill to do it, then never allocated the funds.

Then tell the Democrats hell will freeze over before he allows the 25% of the unnecessary government workers that have been furloughed to return to work or get paid.

Finally, tell the Democrats they have 48 hours to accept your generous offer or 25% of the FedGov behemoth loses their jobs and paychecks permanently.

That is all!

399 posted on 01/23/2019 10:21:34 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: COUNTrecount

San Fran Nan is the representative of 1 congressional district from 1 state, CA. Andy Barr represents 1 congressional district from 1 state, KY. My state. There are 433 more of these congress critters in the House. Yet, San Fran Nan, 1 of 435, seems to have complete control of all things House. Somehow I don’t think the House was meant to be run in this dictatorial fashion.


400 posted on 01/23/2019 11:49:27 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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