In a move that's sure to infuriate President Trump and likely impede negotiations over the border security funding that Trump has demanded be part of any permanent plan to avert another shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is still planning to postpone the State of the Union by refusing to officially invite the president to give the annual speech on Tuesday.
Asked about the SOTU, Pelosi said after a deal to end the shutdown had been reached that she and the president would discuss holding the SOTU once the government had reopened, a cryptic response that many interpreted as meaning that the speech would be postponed, according to USA Today.
"What I said to the president is when the government is opened we will discuss a mutually agreeable date," Pelosi said, adding "I'll look forward to doing that" and welcoming Trump in the House chambers when that is done.
Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, later affirmed that the speech wouldn't be happening on 1/29. And on Sunday, CNN's Jim Sciutto reported that an aide to Pelosi had anonymously confirmed that the House wouldn't consider the concurrent resolution that must be passed to officially invite the president to House chambers, where the speech has traditionally been held.
No information about when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might invite President Trump to deliver the address, CNN reporting.
As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address.
I am not looking for an.... - Donald J. Trump 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.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-27/pelosi-block-trumps-sotu-address-despite-government-reopening
Asked about the SOTU, Pelosi said after a deal to end the shutdown had been reached that she and the president would discuss holding the SOTU once the government had reopened, a cryptic response that many interpreted as meaning that the speech would be postponed, according to USA Today.
"What I said to the president is when the government is opened we will discuss a mutually agreeable date," Pelosi said, adding "I'll look forward to doing that" and welcoming Trump in the House chambers when that is done.
Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, later affirmed that the speech wouldn't be happening on 1/29. And on Sunday, CNN's Jim Sciutto reported that an aide to Pelosi had anonymously confirmed that the House wouldn't consider the concurrent resolution that must be passed to officially invite the president to House chambers, where the speech has traditionally been held.
No information about when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might invite President Trump to deliver the address, CNN reporting.
As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address.
I am not looking for an.... - Donald J. Trump 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.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-27/pelosi-block-trumps-sotu-address-despite-government-reopening
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