Posted on 12/20/2019 10:15:28 AM PST by rdl6989
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday invited President Trump to deliver his State of the Union address on Feb. 4.
"In their great wisdom, our Founders crafted a Constitution based on a system of separation of powers: three co-equal branches acting as checks on each other. To ensure that balance of powers, the Constitution calls for the president to 'from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union,'" Pelosi wrote in a letter to Trump.
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I understand that. I was making a point.
The Capital One Arena seats 20K, he could set up some folding chairs up front for Congress and fill the place with thousands of We The People.
Rather than having to go through the peoples’ representatives, I’d like to see Trump deliver the STU directly to THE PEOPLE from the largest enclosed stadium available.
The president is allowed to submit a written State of the Union message to Congress. Thats how it was usually done for many years.
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Any grammatical form of the words “allow” and “permit” irritate me because they conjure up the notion of control by a higher authority, and raise such questions as “allowed by who?”.
No criticism of you implied.
Evidently she is not expecting Trump to be removed from office by then.
She’ll be in the national TV background (right behind Trump) and she knows it. It’s all about her.
Oh ye of little faith. A perfect chance for DJT to use his fantastic skills to show the millions of people who will watch exactly what the dems are against and the repubs are for. Why would he not want the chance to play 3D chess with the media.
She had no choice - imagine the optics (and Trump’s words) if she demurred and he did it from another venue...
Hell no. Give the SOTU in the Senate chamber. It does not have as much seating room as the House chamber, but there should be enough room if they don’t admit any democrats. They can broadcast it live to the House chamber where all of the democrats can watch.
I am thinking along the lines of a large heated tent on the Washington Mall.
50,000 supporters in the live audience. Republicans and those who voted against impeachment invited also. Dems can watch it on TV. He sends a DVD of the proceedings to Congress to fulfill the Constitution.
Hey Mr. President, give your State of the Union at say,
Mount Rushmore.
Not a damned thing says you have to do such at the House of Reps.
Hey Lap,
Good idea, But.
Maybe have him playing golf as they deliver it.
“Maybe have him playing golf as they deliver it”.
That’s an outstanding idea!! Lol That’s a real winner.
That would drive them about 10 notches crazier.
Show she never really thought he would be impeached and it was all a Kabuki dance by Dem Politicans for their base.
You don’t invite a President to SOTU if you seriously hope he will not be there because of impeachment.
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