Speaker Pelosi urges delay of State of the Union address

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(01-23-2019, 10:38 PM)hollodero Wrote: But they are the head of the party, and the key figures in the matter at hand. Wouldn't it look weird to send someone less important out?

Hell you can trot out someone that's not even a member of Congress:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stacey-abrams-democratic-sotu-response_us_5c50a100e4b0f43e410baae7

Quote:In an unusual move and a nod to the changing face of the Democratic party, former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams will deliver the party’s response to the State of the Union address, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Tuesday.

Beto must have turned them down.