Posted on 01/23/2019 9:38:53 PM PST by Kaslin
President Trump announced late Wednesday night he will give the State of the Union Address when the government shutdown comes to an end.
As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative - I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over. I am not looking for an....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2019
....alternative venue for the SOTU Address because there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber. I look forward to giving a “great” State of the Union Address in the near future!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2019
The announcement comes just hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disinvited the President from giving the address.
"I am writing to inform you the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President's State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened," Pelosi wrote. "I look forward to welcoming you to the House on a mutually agreeable date for this address when government has opened."
This afternoon, I sent @realDonaldTrump a letter informing him that the House will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened. https://t.co/r1oad0xEAh pic.twitter.com/kGEbayx95u— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 23, 2019
At the White House Wednesday afternoon, Trump berated Pelosi for the move, said there would be an alternative for the address and declared the Speaker "can't handle the truth" about the current state of affairs in the country.
"The State of the Union speech has been canceled by Nancy Pelosi because she doesn't want to hear the truth. She doesn't want the American public to hear what's going on. And she's afraid of the truth. And the super-left Democrats, the radical Democrats, what's going on in that party is shocking. I know many people that were Democrats and they're switching over right now, they're switching over quickly. So I hope they know what they're doing for their party. So far they haven't," Trump said. "I will say that the American people want to hear the truth. They have to hear the. truth and the truth is all about - and said I think and I hope well - we were planning on doing a really very important speech in front of the House and the Senate and the Supreme Court and everybody else's that there. It's called the State of the Union, it's in the Constitution. We're supposed to be doing it and now Nancy Pelosi - or 'Nancy' as I call her - she doesn't want to hear the truth and she doesn't want, more importantly, the American people to hear the truth. So we just found out that she's canceled it and I think that's a great blotch on the incredible country that we all love. It's a great, great horrible mark."
"It's a sad thing for our country. We'll do something in the alternative. I'll be talking to you about that at a later date," he continued.
Exactly...
To all the “pearl clutchers” and “hand wringers” in here....
Which is most important?
Working to get the southern border secured by a physical barrier or......
Where and when to give a speech???
You decide...
What Trump should do is send a written SOTU to Pelosi and McConnell. Then, when the children stop their temper tantrums, he can just say “No Thanks” to Nanzi and refer her to the written version, which is more than sufficient under the Constitution.
“To all the “pearl clutchers” and “hand wringers” in here....
Which is most important?
Working to get the southern border secured by a physical barrier or......
Where and when to give a speech???
You decide...”
BINGO!!!
Mike Gallagher saying this very thing right now on his show.
I think conservatives are so used to the gop caving on everything that we’ve been programmed to think every small tactical move by Trump is a “caving”.
Every time so far we’ve said for two years Trump is going wobbly he comes back stronger and delivered or if he hasn’t delivered it is totally out of his control.
He is literally fighting the entire swamp he has to have some room for tactical flexibility.
I’d much rather have the wall than the speech (which I think will be delivered anyway eventually).
He considered the argument over the SOTU to being used by Pelosi to divert from the important task of getting the wall built...
He knew that by saying he’d give it later effectively ended that argument and he can continue on the IMPORTANT issue....
President Trump is nobody’s fool....
“He considered the argument over the SOTU to being used by Pelosi to divert from the important task of getting the wall built...
He knew that by saying he’d give it later effectively ended that argument and he can continue on the IMPORTANT issue....
President Trump is nobody’s fool....”
Correct. After everything Trump’s done how could anybody doubt his resolve at this point. He’ll make mistakes but I never doubt his resolve.
Do you think this is possible?
Consider the source.
“I still wonder why Trump waited two years - till after GOP lost the House - to fight for the wall”
I wonder about that too. Why didn’t he dig in when we had the house? Yeah that Rat bastard Ryan was largely too blame but with primaries looming Trump had a lot more leverage then. So why didn’t he use it? And it sucks he gave in to Pelosi on the SOTU.
I think it’s possible. The last president of Mexico received $100 million from the cartels.
There is NO SUBSTITUTE VENUE for the state of the union address. NONE!
I wanted to see Trump “convene” Congress to FORCE them to listen, but of course it would not be in the House chamber.
Calmer heads prevailed. There is nothing significant about the “date” of the SOTU.
The pageantry, the pomp and circumstance, the imagery, are iconic. A tremendous opportunity for the president to address the country from the pulpit of our government about whatever he chooses for as long as he chooses.
He would lose all this by changing the venue or by mailing it in.
Chock this up, for now, as a “win” for Pelosi, but at what COST? A HIGH price me thinks.
The State of the Union is a constitutionally mandated responsibility of the president. Trump should borrow a tactic from the dems and file a lawsuit with a tame judge. Ask the judge to declare Pelosi’s action unconstitutional.
Except there is a more than 100 year tradition of the president merely sending a letter to the House and Senate. What we think of as a SOTU speech is an invention of the radio/television age. Kabuki theater.
I think the idea might be to make Pelosi look like she’s petty and dug in, while Trump is trying to work for a solution. But, trying to win the Public Relations aspect is never an option for a Republican in Washington.
So it will be a victory Speech:-)
Because of this tax cut fight, SCOTUS fights, weaking of Obungholecare fight.
What do you think of saving that one for the 2020 election when it worked so great for him in 2016?
Kind of makes sense to me.
That works
He needs the Supreme Court to back him up. All the more reason to know if RBG is room temperature.
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