The SOTU requirement was fulfilled by a letter read aloud by clerks in the House and Senate for over 100 years. This kabuki SOTU is an invention for radio/television.
“The SOTU requirement was fulfilled by a letter read aloud by clerks in the House and Senate for over 100 years. This kabuki SOTU is an invention for radio/television.”
No doubt. However it is not a nearly century long tradition that gives a platform to the Presidient, a President who happens to champion Americans, why would you want to throw that away in the middle of a coup? It boggles the mind.
Your archaic historical precedent is unwelcome even though yoy did get to use the kabuki line
You fail to realize that overtime there is change that permits the nation to actually see the President recite the state of the union.