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(177,634 posts) Wed Jan 16, 2019, 09:33 AM Jan 2019

Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule State of the Union address [View all]

Source: Politico

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to reschedule his State of the Union address — or deliver it in writing — as long as the government remains shut down.

"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 to Trump.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/16/pelosi-asks-trump-to-reschedule-state-of-the-union-address-1103047

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Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule State of the Union address [View all] Gothmog Jan 2019 OP

Holy crap! He's gonna blow a gasket! Va Lefty Jan 2019 #1

It may be secretly glad... Maxheader Jan 2019 #30

I think that she's playing 7 dimensional chess with him.... irresistable Jan 2019 #2

She's been around enough unruly kids needing gentle-but-firm behavior modification. calimary Jan 2019 #23

She May Also RobinA Jan 2019 #25

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! mcar Jan 2019 #3

This will piss off trump Gothmog Jan 2019 #4

!!! Kali Jan 2019 #27

Letter: demmiblue Jan 2019 #5

I really like this letter Gothmog Jan 2019 #10

Secret Service is not being paid IronLionZion Jan 2019 #21

This is how we do it! Dave in VA Jan 2019 #6

To quote "someone,"I misunderestimated her. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #7

Nancy Pelosi is not messing around. Gothmog Jan 2019 #34

Hooray! This sets us up to skip 100% of the SOTU speech. Imagine..... machoneman Jan 2019 #8

Pelosi to Trump: We can take your SOTU in writing if you won't reopen the government. riversedge Jan 2019 #9

The headlines are wrong: Pelosi is asking tRump to end the shutdown so he can give the address. n/t Julian Englis Jan 2019 #11

Your inference does not deny the accuracy of the headline... LanternWaste Jan 2019 #12

the headline is still wrong. Kurt V. Jan 2019 #16

We already know he will use the speech to attack Democrats: dalton99a Jan 2019 #13

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2019 #14

He'll probably give the speech from Mar-a-Lago JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2019 #15

He can do that, Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #17

No, he'll give it in the Senate Chamber onenote Jan 2019 #20

This makes me smile Gothmog Jan 2019 #18

Another of Raw Story's tendentious and inaccurate headlines. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #29

And she's totally trolling him with, "Oh no! I'm not disinviting him at all." ehrnst Jan 2019 #19

Or give it in the format of an interview helmed by Robert Mueller. RobertDevereaux Jan 2019 #22

Red meat for the rest of us. ffr Jan 2019 #24

Nothing gets between Trump and a TV camera C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #26

She didn't "ask." She flat-out disinvited him. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #28

He will use tthe time to tell everybody it is the fault of Dems that the government is shut down. patricia92243 Jan 2019 #31

Individual 1 will not be permitted to deliver his state of the union address until government is reo Gothmog Jan 2019 #32

From Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Gothmog Jan 2019 #33

Score a big point for Nancy. LOL. He'll probably move the damn speech to Vinca Jan 2019 #35

Facing Trump's tantrum, Pelosi takes away the TV mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #36

Pelosi: Trump Can Deliver SOTU 'From The Oval Office If He Wants' Gothmog Jan 2019 #37

I guess we'll just have to wait and see how the Kremlin feels about this .. nt Jarqui Jan 2019 #38

INJECT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #39

Nancy Pelosi isn't just beating Trump. She's humiliating him Gothmog Jan 2019 #40

Did he reply on Twitter? Or do they have him in a straight jacket?..nt helpisontheway Jan 2019 #41

why doesn't she just invite Putin to give the state of the union address and cut out the middle man? olddad56 Jan 2019 #42

Thomas Jefferson: delivering annual message to Congress in person seemed too monarchical. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #43

trump has not formally responded to this yet which is strange Gothmog Jan 2019 #44

trump's silence here is strange Gothmog Jan 2019 #45

Here is trump's rather weak and lame response Gothmog Jan 2019 #46