Speaker Pelosi urges delay of State of the Union address

[GMDino]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/23/trump-said-he-still-plans-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-address-on-jan-29-1121068

Quote:President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's request to delay his State of the Union speech until after the government shutdown ends, intensifying the brinkmanship between the two leaders.


"It would be so very sad for our Country if the State of the Union were not delivered on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location!" Trump wrote in the letter.

Pelosi last Wednesday sent a letter asking Trump to postpone his Jan. 29 speech or deliver it in writing, saying the shutdown has hobbled both the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security and could harm the security planning process.


"Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th," Pelosi wrote in a letter last week.


But on Wednesday, Trump rejected Pelosi's explanation and said he has been contacted by DHS and Secret Service officials who said "there would be absolutely no problem regarding security with respect to the event."


"Therefore, I will be honoring your invitation, and fulfilling my Constitutional duty, to deliver important information to the people and Congress of the United States of America regarding the State of our Union," Trump wrote.


The White House and Democratic leaders have failed to make any meaningful headway in ending the shutdown, which has stretched into its 33rd day and is the longest in U.S. history. Trump has refused to back down from his demand for $5.7 billion for border wall funds, and Democrats have so far not budged in their refusal to appropriate the funds.


Trump's letter on Wednesday is the latest salvo in his standoff with Pelosi. Following the speaker's speech delay request last week, Trump appeared to retaliate by refusing to allow her to use a military plane for a congressional delegation to Afghanistan to meet with troops.


The president's letter comes several days after he tweeted that "there are so many options" to still deliver a State of the Union address. However, he also teased that he may follow through on Pelosi's initial invitation to deliver the address on Capitol Hill.



“While a contract is a contract, I’ll get back to you soon!” Trump tweeted Sunday.

They should just tell DJT it will be raining and then he'll say his security wouldn't let him go.  

[GMDino]

BREAKING:  @SpeakerPelosi to decline steps to permit a State of the Union Jan 29 pic.twitter.com/ZDbKGjduNT

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) January 23, 2019

[HarleyDog]

(01-23-2019, 04:55 PM)GMDino Wrote:

BREAKING:  @SpeakerPelosi to decline steps to permit a State of the Union Jan 29 pic.twitter.com/ZDbKGjduNT

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) January 23, 2019

In a leftis preffered socialist government, Trump would just have her executed and do what he wanted. How ironic would that be?

[*bfine32*]

(01-23-2019, 04:55 PM)GMDino Wrote:

BREAKING:  @SpeakerPelosi to decline steps to permit a State of the Union Jan 29 pic.twitter.com/ZDbKGjduNT

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) January 23, 2019

Such children.

Can we classify this as Pelosci going against something she promised?

[GMDino]

(01-23-2019, 05:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Such children.

Can we classify this as Pelosci going against something she promised?

How about she did it in good faith...

Odd that Trump doesn't understand what needs to happen for him speak.  Or that it isn't required.

[*bfine32*]

(01-23-2019, 05:14 PM)GMDino Wrote: How about she did it in good faith...

Odd that Trump doesn't understand what needs to happen for him speak.  Or that it isn't required.

Oh, I didn't expect you to blame anyone other than POTUS.

Nancy, is just doing her actions in "good faith".

[GMDino]

(01-23-2019, 05:23 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Oh, I didn't expect you to blame anyone other than POTUS.

Nancy, is just doing her actions in "good faith".

I'm just going of her actual words...not guess what she is doing.  As many DJT supporters say about him we just can't know what is in her heart.

But yes, the POTUS does not understand that he can just walk in and give a speech or that it is not required to be done that way.  In case some didn't know Trump isn't big on "learning how things work" and would rather think he can just do whatever he wants.

[fredtoast]

(01-23-2019, 05:29 PM)GMDino Wrote:  In case some didn't know Trump isn't big on "learning how things work" and would rather think he can just do whatever he wants.

I am not surprised that he has no clue how the government works, but the fact that a businessman does not even know what a contract is is laughable.


“While a contract is a contract, I’ll get back to you soon!” Trump tweeted Sunday.

[Benton]

(01-23-2019, 05:01 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: In a leftis preffered  socialist government, Trump would just have her executed and do what he wanted. How ironic would that be?

Eh, I dunno about wanting executive abuses to be a leftist thing. Not with trump (a far right politican) wanting to jail or replace people who disagree with him. 

[GMDino]

(01-23-2019, 05:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am not surprised that he has no clue how the government works, but the fact that a businessman does not even know what a contract is is laughable.


“While a contract is a contract, I’ll get back to you soon!” Trump tweeted Sunday.

Personally that doesn't even surprise me.  He's literally made his career from breaking contracts and just doing whatever he wants and hoping the other guy runs out of money before they catch up to him.

[HarleyDog]

(01-23-2019, 05:45 PM)Benton Wrote: Eh, I dunno about wanting executive abuses to be a leftist thing. Not with trump (a far right politican) wanting to jail or replace people who disagree with him. 

I see what you did there. 

[CKwi88]

Who wants to bet there will be an oval office address on the 29th?

[*bfine32*]

(01-23-2019, 06:01 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: Who wants to bet there will be an oval office address on the 29th?

POTUS has already announced an "alternate event".

[GMDino]

(01-23-2019, 06:01 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: Who wants to bet there will be an oval office address on the 29th?

I don't know.  DJT prefers adoring crowds when speaking.  He didn't want to do the last one he did from the oval office.

[fredtoast]

(01-23-2019, 06:01 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: Who wants to bet there will be an oval office address on the 29th?

(01-23-2019, 06:03 PM)bfine32 Wrote: POTUS has already announced an "alternate event".

Good.  That is one of the options Pelosi suggested in her earlier letter.

[fredtoast]

(01-23-2019, 06:03 PM)GMDino Wrote: I don't know.  DJT prefers adoring crowds when speaking.  

A majority of Congress is now Democrat.
Maybe he will be happier in front of an entirely hand picked crowd.

[BmorePat87]

(01-23-2019, 05:01 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: In a leftis preffered  socialist government, Trump would just have her executed and do what he wanted. How ironic would that be?

You're thinking of a dictatorship not socialism. 

[BmorePat87]

My guess is it'll be a rally. May or may not have hamberders.

[Benton]

(01-23-2019, 07:54 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: My guess is it'll be a rally. May or may not have hamberders.

Probably a fundraiser. Apparently he/the gop have been capitalizing on the wall for a cash grab. The latest was for a $35 minimum donation you can get a brick with your name on it in the wall.

[Mike M (the other one)]

(01-23-2019, 06:07 PM)fredtoast Wrote: A majority of Congress is now Democrat.
Maybe he will be happier in front of an entirely hand picked crowd.

At least he doesn't have to pay for his crowds to show up.