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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan Trump be prevented from entering the House?
It sounds to me like Donald Trump just wants to barge in the house and deliver the State of the Union speech without being invited. Can Nancy Pelosi instruct Security to get him out of there if he tries to pull this off?
How does this work legally?
leftieNanner
(15,628 posts)both have to pass resolutions to allow for the SOTU. Legally, he won't be permitted to speak. Practically, I'm guessing that the Sargent at Arms would block his entry. That would be interesting. As I posted on another thread, I hope CNN has their cameras lined up at the door. Wouldn't that be wonderfully embarrassing for Trumpy to be on every news broadcast in that way!
dameatball
(7,569 posts)part (at least to me) is what action the Sargent at Arms would take if he insists.
Volaris
(10,520 posts)but rather, for the co-equal branch of the legislature. Which means he answers to Madame Speaker, and full-well knows this.
My bet is hes smart enough to tell Trump to pound sand, and not lose his job heh.
dameatball
(7,569 posts)handed to him. But I think it will probably be defused someway.
Volaris
(10,520 posts)arrested for tresspassing on live TV...
leftieNanner
(15,628 posts)another temper tantrum.
My younger daughter was prone to those when she was between 18 months old and 2. So it's past time for him to STOP THIS!
tblue37
(66,035 posts)tblue37
(66,035 posts)have sucked up to him to the point that he believes he can demand that Pelosi do this or that. Besides, he thinks women are supposed to be subservient to men.
Because of his ignorance about how the government works, he doesn't realize that the House and Senate comprise the legislative, a government branch co-equal with the executive and the judicial branches.
pandr32
(12,061 posts)...but this will do in the meantime.
manor321
(3,344 posts)LiberalFighter
(53,340 posts)Since she controls the cameras in the House Chamber he will out of luck.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)unblock
(54,028 posts)he and his security staff can keep the doors locked, or otherwise deny entry to donnie.
lame54
(36,504 posts)He'll get lost immediately
Let him wander the halls for the rest of his term
dameatball
(7,569 posts)so he will do something else hurtful and pointless.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)...Pelosi controls all TV cameras in the Chamber.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)so the kremlin and KKK won't miss a word of what ignoble republican misleader Dirty Donny* spews.
* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief