Update: Well that did not take long.
A few hours after President Trump told Speaker Pelosi he would accept her earlier invitation to deliver his SOTU speech in the House, daring the House Democratic leader to rescind her invitation, the Democrat leader responded angrily doing just that, and blocking the President from delivering his annual address next Tuesday:
Dear Mr. President:
When I extended an invitation on January 3″I for you to deliver the State of the Union address, it was on the mutually agreed upon date, January 29th. At that time, there was no thought that the government would still be shut down.
In my further correspondence of January 16th, I said we should work together to find a mutually agreeable date when government has re-opened and I hope that we can still do that.
I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened.
Again, I look forward to welcoming you to the House on a mutually agreeable date for this address when government has been opened.
Later on Wednesday, while he was speaking to reported in the White House, Trump was informed that Pelosi blocked his SOTU. His response was the following:
“I’m not surprised. It’s really a shame, what’s happening with the Democrats—they’ve become radicalized. They don’t want to see crime stopped, which we could very easily do on the southern border. …
“This will go on for a while.”
The circus will indeed go for a while, although one wonders…
Can you imagine if Boehner had blocked Obama’s state of the union adresss under similar circumstances? The media would’ve been lit, definite charges of racism
— GreekFire23 (@GreekFire23) January 23, 2019
Earlier:
President Trump has rebuffed Speaker Pelosi’s politically-charged threat to delay his speech due to the shutdown, saying in a letter that he plans to deliver the State of the Union Address at the House chamber as planned on Tuesday as scheduled (accepting an invitation that Pelosi had sent earlier in the year).
Pelosi had suggested Trump consider delaying the speech if the shutdown continued, citing security concerns because Secret Service agents and Department of Homeland Security staff aren’t being paid during the shutdown.
However, both have reassured Trump that security will not be a problem and so he sent the following letter to the California Democrat:
Dear Madam Speaker:
Thank you for your letter of January 3, 2019, sent to me long after the Shutdown began, inviting me to address the Nation on January 29th as to the State of the Union.
As you know, I had already accepted your kind invitation, however, I then received another letter from you dated January 16, 2019, wherein you expressed concerns regarding security during the State of the Union Address due to the Shutdown. Even prior to asking, I was contacted by the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service to explain that there would be absolutely no problem regarding security with respect to the event. They have since confirmed this publicly.
Accordingly, there are no security concerns regarding the State of the Union Address. 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.
I look forward to seeing you on the evening on January 29th in the Chamber of the House of Representatives. 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!
So what will Nancy do next? Politico’s Jake Sherman notes that…
Again …
The House and Senate have to pass a resolution to allow the president to give the State of the Union. https://t.co/rhBqrS2X4m
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 23, 2019
Or there are alternatives…
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You gotta love it. People are standing up.
The SOTU does not have to be delivered in the House . The Senate chambers would do nicely .
Too small ? let Nancy and her ilk stand for the duration !
Give the speech from Trump International Hotel in DC. Pack the dais with a bunch of Russians in those Russian fur hats.
That would be the funniest choice. I’d lol.
LOL Iska, El Trump should do it just to stick a stick in the old bat’s eye.
Whatever he does, it will be hard to top cancelling Pelosi’s flight at the last minute!
Yep, that still has me laughing.
Come to Fort Bragg, Fayetteville NC and give it.
Mention security was considered by some a problem.
Fort Drag, N.C. My ETS station. Unlike the injun Nathan Phillips, (uh er if he’s injun how did red face get a white name?), I did serve time in country in Vietnam at Cam Rahn Bay, MACV, ACOFS Ammo. I clearly remember the ceremony turning over the Ammunition Depot to the SVA on the 1st of April 1972 and it going up in blazes on the 9th of April 1972. Yep, the beginning of the Eastertide Offensive. I left the very next day for Long Binh to rotate back to the states. Of course, the company commander, a 1st lieutenant, comes out and says 14 fire bases got over ran during the night and some of us would have to go to support them. I told the CO, I already had orders to leave and so I did post haste! LOL!
Nancy Pelosi ES. What a pitiful excuse for a leader or deep state mouthpiece. I can’t decide to be amused or incensed by all the political posturing regarding the budget and the SOTU. Trump got the response he wanted when he trolled her with his letter this morning, now lets see what he does with it. Good grief.
Pray nothing happens to Trump & Pence or she becomes President!
Trump should tweet out that he’ll broadcast the SOTU speech from Ginsburg’s funeral. On time, as scheduled, on Jan 29th, 2019.
Maybe call it the Ginsburg Address
Four whores, and 20 beers ago…
Good one, Sudsy. Although, who can remember anything 20 beers ago?
Depends. If consecutive, even a larger barge of a man would fail to remember how obnoxious & rude drunks can be.
That ain’t me. That ain’t me.
I ain’t unfortunate son.
But, if a guy only has 1 ale per year, he might have great recall of things from 20 years ago.
Moderation. Nothing to excess.
BTW, I respect those who abstain. It’s a discipline of sorts
Teetotaling 101: Never drink alone, never drink in front of another person.
I had to quit drinking. I was being awakened by a need to projectile vomit, how fun is that? Now, I substitute drinking with making snide, rude, snarky or sardonic comments on a blog. It’s more fun than pouring gasoline on anthills and setting them on fire.
Go projectile blow some snide, rude, snarky or sardonic comments on yourself…or have another bourbon on the rocks…damn
Way back about 30 years ago.
That was a long time ago, ballkit.
Long before Uncola took his first illegal drink.
I only ever drank beer, so your evil design to tempt me is way off.
Would it kill you to break it into paragraphs, Bob?
Dude, he can’t even capitalize the first letters of his name.
Maybe he’s really k.d.lang
Maybe because it was only three sentences?
When is someone in power going to get the balls to arrest this women? Is she not derelict in her duties to the American people? This shit sickens me more and more as the days go by.
Is she not derelict in her duties to the American people?
Maybe you think she should be cooking you dinner and washing your shit stained chonies?
I don’t usually argue with folks on here,but you have trolled me in the past. So go …. yourself.
Oh my, you haven’t gotten over that, Princess?
“Maybe you think she should be cooking you dinner and washing your shit stained chonies?”
It would definately show some newly acquired humility.
I saw a video like this with the moron telling Rick Perry – I’m from Bank of America and we will take care of you. There’s all kinds of cranks that like to record themselves saying stupid stuff to celebrities or politicos. The sad part is the celebs can’t tell who the heck they are dealing with.
I have no idea what 8chan is, but I know The Punisher is/was a good comic. Judge Dredd was also good and very similar.
Punisher sounds like panocha. Isn’t The Punisher a Marvel character?
I think the purpose of CUNT (c u next tuesday) was lost on the stupid people
Twat? I cunt understand normal Trumpeteers.
For all the screws you have loose, there is something under the surface worth PROBING.
Wow, a backhanded compliment. I’ll take it, Winnie. I hope I didn’t offend you for my riffing on your ASVAB comment.
Yet another precedent the the Democrats will regret breaking soon.
Uhm, you can set a precedent or you can break a tradition.
The clear choice of venue for The Man From Queens to make his 2019 State of The Union Address would be from none other than the Pentagon.
Yup. The five-sided Puzzle Palace itself for the most memorable SOTU address of all time.
Security issues? It’s the fucking Pentagon for God’s sake. Deploy as many Army brigades, USAF fighter squadrons, USMC special forces and Navy riverine components for the Potomac as is necessary to secure the joint and make sure anyone coming in gets a really good inspection.
Facilities? The Pentagon has an auditorium that can handle a very large crowd. Plenty of toilets , and from what I hear, some decent chow hall facilities. All that top brass you understand
Media? Military P.A. sets up for two, maybe three cameras, and everyone else can get a feed from them. Jim Acosta can go hang out at the Washington D.C. Greyhound Bus terminal.
From that platform, The Man From Queens can explain to the American People and the whole world, that due to extraordinary circumstances he is compelled to protect America from enemies foreign and domestic beginning immediately…
I disagree.
I think that giving his speech at any military location sends a very bad message.
It used to be custom that any military person that appeared before Congress was required to wear civilian attire. Unfortunately, those days are gone, but the message was that civilians run our government not the military.
Anyone that arrived in uniform was summarily chewed out and sent back to dress in ‘proper’ civilian attire.
Giving his SOTU address at the Pentagon would make us more of a banana republic than we are already.
I like the idea of giving it at Trump Tower in NYC though. He would be rubbing it into the noses of those liberal leftist assholes and there isn’t anything that they could do about it…
Steve,
Please rate the U.S.A. on the Banana Republic scale you allude to.
Thanks,
Peq.
The only part I don’t understand is why these people cannot see the pattern.
The Whoopie Goldberg question is one they need to start asking themselves .
Trump should do the speech wherever he feels like. But there should be a backdrop with a large screen TV showing Pelosi in her Gitmo cell. I wonder if this speech will have anything earth-shattering for the Democrats? They don’t seem to give a shit about anything except showing hate for the President.
When it happens, if Pale Horsey decides to attend, give her a couple toothpicks and some floss before she settles in, please.
Personally, I’d rather not have to see her trying to dislodge crow from her molars with her tongue, like at the last SOTU speech. Ugh.
Shits given: 0
I’m pretty certain hundreds of millions of Americans share my “status” on the political toilet.
Hey Donkey,
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8chan?
What the fuck is that dumb shit?
The punisher is one of the top 2 or 3 morale patches out there. Huge in military, militia, and survival circles.
8chan
A comment I read in another article suggested Trump deliver his speech in the Covington High School gym. Reaction to that would be interesting to see.
That would be an inside joke like those on 8chan. The meaning would be lost on the public, explanations would ensue and the speech itself would lose impact due to the widespread controversy over the whole sideshow.
The reason Trump decided not to look for a new venue is that the speech he wants to make requires that it be made in front of congress. It would be hard for him to look presidential giving his speech to congress on Times Square.
I can’t say how many times I’ve been wrong. I was wrong when I told a co-worker that we’d be back in no time, as a matter of fact, I said we wouldn’t even shut down. The boss knew better. We were told to prepare for a long shutdown. Whoever wins this battle for power, we are here waiting to get back to work.
There was that time several years ago when I was home on disability. The doctor told my boss I’d be out for over 6 months. I was going crazy and asked the doc for clearance to go back to work after a month at home from the hospital.
Now that I am not even injured, I have less reason to be out of work. I tell my wife that somebody said, a man has to have a place to go every morning. I’ve had a couple of days that I felt mind sick. It’s not cabin fever but something that feels like being trapped in a situation that won’t end. The last time I felt like that, I was having an asthma attack and I didn’t know it; my chest was being crushed and I couldn’t find a position that would relieve the pain.
I have no inhaler for this shit.