Pelosi invites Trump to do State of the Union a week from tomorrow.

[applegrove]

CNN

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. I was sort of hoping she'd schedule it after February 15th to hold it over the Madman's head.

But she proved herself to be the boss last week, so I won't question her judgment with it.

[mfcorey1]

2. I wanted that too!

[applegrove]

3. She's being professional. In contrast to Trump.

[Submariner]

7. A week from tomorrow is Feb 5th the beginning of the Lunar New Year

According to the Chinese, 2019 is the "Year Of The Earth Pig" starting on Feb 5th. So that's an appropriate day for Two Scoops to do his SOTU snake oil pitch.

[dalton99a]

18. +1. She knows what she's doing

[RockRaven]

4. I trust Pelosi's judgement in general, but how does this not all but guarantee a 2nd shutdown?

This is the bargaining chip which means the most to Trump, and she's giving to him before he's performed the required task...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Yes, was hopin the same thing...maybe the SOTU was part of the negotiations to reopen the government

[lunatica]

10. The SOTU controversy is connected to the shutdown in one way only

Here were no federal workers to make it happen logistics wise. It is a massive enterprise just in security to have every branch of government under one roof. All of the President’s cabinet attend, both houses of Congress attend and all the members of the Supreme Court are there. That’s a terrorist’s wet dream of a target.

Giving him a new date means he had to reopen the government which means he doesn’t get much in reality.

He shut the government down before Nancy uninvited him to the SOTU. He shut it down because he thought he could bully the Congress to give him his wall. He still doesn’t have his wall. He lost that gambit.

[LanternWaste]

11. I don't think the SOTU was the reason, or even a reason that trump caved on Friday.

If so, the SOTU is not leverage.

[berni_mccoy]

5. It's a peace offering. Giving Trump some dignity back is no big deal

Trump won't be able to effectively shutdown the government without facing blowback from his own party.

[underpants]

6. I agree

[msongs]

8. bad idea until there is a full govt funding bill passed and signed by that man. gives

up a key piece of leverage for nothing in return

[LongtimeAZDem]

12. It's brilliant. If he accepts, he looks weak; if he declines, he looks petty

[LuvLoogie]

13. Oo! Maybe Nancy caught wind of another indictment coming this week!

Or maybe she's messing with him, acting as if she knows something he doesn't know.

Still, if he wants to shutdown the government there isn't anything she can do to stop him. So have at it Donnie.

[bluestarone]

14. Don't like it BUT

She is the speaker of the house.

[LakeSuperiorView]

15. Can they Impeach him and try him right there on the house floor?

They'd be missing the designated survivors, but otherwise every one is right there.








Hey, it's cold in Minnesota this week, need to have some warm thoughts.

[ooky]

16. It sure surprised me, but I trust that she knows what's she is doing.

[EffieBlack]

17. She likely knows that he'll make such a fool of himself and come across as an ignorant bully

that the Dems will be in a stronger position to negotiate and force him not to shut down the government on February 15.

She's goooood.