Pelosi tries to shut down Trump, delay State of Union
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President Trump speaks at his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30, 2018 (Photo: screenshot)
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Nice try Nancy.
Virtually every action you see the Dem's in Congress take, along with their Media cohorts, is all about their "Resistance" plot to slow down, stop or impeach the President at every corner and it began the day he won the 2016 Presidential election and hasn't stopped since.
I have been anticipating the upcoming January 28th State of the Union address for quite some time because for the second year in a row the President has an unbelievable record of accomplishment to tell the American people:
Record levels of unemployment in America, including for minority Americans, that make up some 75% of the Democrats constituency.
A booming economy.
The decimation of ISIS.
Large tax cuts.
The dismantling of job-killing regulations.
The replacement of NAFTA with other promising trade agreements on the horizon including the European Union and China.
Strengthening our military
All these as well as countless other achievements show this President to be one of the, if not THE, most successful President in modern political history.
The Dem's and the Socialist loving media have been working hard to NOT allow these facts to get out, so allowing the President to speak directly to the People of our nation makes this their worse nightmare as it will have to get airtime on all platforms and millions of American's will hear it.
By the way, this is why they hate his tweeting so much, he goes right around the fake news. And should the partial government shut-down (because the Dem's and their donors who have voted for barriers before MUST resist Trump on every front, every time) still be going on....this too is a Democrat nightmare scenario.
Of course Pelosi wants to shut this down. This new Democrat Progressive Party always try and shut down free speech of the opposition at any cost because the greatest threat to their agenda is for the truth to be exposed. Something tells me though, Trump will have none of it and the show will go on. -W.E.
WND
Likely mindful of the optics of
President Trump criticizing Democrats for refusing to fund border
security, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday urged Trump him to delay
his State of Union address.
Or just print up the speech and send it over to Congress.
Fox News called Pelosi’s request “extraordinary,” with Trump scheduled to deliver the annual address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 29.
Even if Pelosi would formally withdraw the invitation, Trump would have other options, such as delivering it from the Oval Office or arranging an invitation from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Pelosi said the delay was necessary because of the partial shutdown of the government and “security” concerns.
“On January 3rd, it was my privilege as speaker to invite you to deliver the State of the Union address on January 29,” she wrote. “The Constitution calls for the president ‘from time to time give the Congress Information of the State of the Union.'”
Or just print up the speech and send it over to Congress.
Fox News called Pelosi’s request “extraordinary,” with Trump scheduled to deliver the annual address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 29.
Even if Pelosi would formally withdraw the invitation, Trump would have other options, such as delivering it from the Oval Office or arranging an invitation from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Pelosi said the delay was necessary because of the partial shutdown of the government and “security” concerns.
“On January 3rd, it was my privilege as speaker to invite you to deliver the State of the Union address on January 29,” she wrote. “The Constitution calls for the president ‘from time to time give the Congress Information of the State of the Union.'”
But she cited the shutdown and said:
“Given the security concerns and unless the 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 Congress on
January 29.”
She pointed out that the Secret Service
and Department of Homeland Security haven’t been funded for 26 days –
leaving out that House Democrats have refused to approve a bill
acceptable to the Senate.
She said the “full resources” of the federal government are needed to assure the security of the event, where Congress, the president, vice president, Supreme Court members and others would be present.
The address has been delivered in person in recent decades, but that has not always been so.
And commentator Philip Klein at the Washington Examiner suggested that a written address might be the better choice at this point.
“The State of the Union as a television event may have served a purpose in the past, when the ability of Americans to see or hear the president and understand his priorities was somewhat limited. Also, in the past, when there were issues on which the parties could work together, there may have been some justification for the president making the case for his agenda to the whole Congress,” he explained. But he said a written address, or maybe some social media statements, would do the job now.
And he noted: “As an added bonus, if killing off the staged State of the Union isn’t enough, by scrapping it he’d also be killing off the State of the Union response. That alone would make him a national hero!”
She said the “full resources” of the federal government are needed to assure the security of the event, where Congress, the president, vice president, Supreme Court members and others would be present.
The address has been delivered in person in recent decades, but that has not always been so.
And commentator Philip Klein at the Washington Examiner suggested that a written address might be the better choice at this point.
“The State of the Union as a television event may have served a purpose in the past, when the ability of Americans to see or hear the president and understand his priorities was somewhat limited. Also, in the past, when there were issues on which the parties could work together, there may have been some justification for the president making the case for his agenda to the whole Congress,” he explained. But he said a written address, or maybe some social media statements, would do the job now.
And he noted: “As an added bonus, if killing off the staged State of the Union isn’t enough, by scrapping it he’d also be killing off the State of the Union response. That alone would make him a national hero!”
President Trump has cited both national
security and humanitarian crises at the southern border in asking for
$5.7 billion for border security, including barriers.
Democrats not only flat out refused to include border security funding, they refused even to negotiate or discuss it.
Fox News reported: “Negotiations between Democrats and the president have grown increasingly contentious. Last week, a tense White House meeting ended abruptly, with the president walking out of the room after Pelosi maintained that she would not accept a spending package with wall funding.”
Pelosi claimed that Trump was “petulant,” and Sen. Chuck Schumer claimed the president had a “temper tantrump,” a statement refuted by other people who were there.
This week, every Democratic lawmaker invited to the White House to discuss the issue refused to show up.
The president repeatedly has affirmed his willingness to negotiate and compromise on the issue.
Politico reported, “Privately, Democrats also don’t want to give Trump a major platform to blame them for the shutdown when Trump’s demand for billions in wall funding has been the main driver, according to a Democratic lawmaker close to leadership.”
Democrats not only flat out refused to include border security funding, they refused even to negotiate or discuss it.
Fox News reported: “Negotiations between Democrats and the president have grown increasingly contentious. Last week, a tense White House meeting ended abruptly, with the president walking out of the room after Pelosi maintained that she would not accept a spending package with wall funding.”
Pelosi claimed that Trump was “petulant,” and Sen. Chuck Schumer claimed the president had a “temper tantrump,” a statement refuted by other people who were there.
This week, every Democratic lawmaker invited to the White House to discuss the issue refused to show up.
The president repeatedly has affirmed his willingness to negotiate and compromise on the issue.
Politico reported, “Privately, Democrats also don’t want to give Trump a major platform to blame them for the shutdown when Trump’s demand for billions in wall funding has been the main driver, according to a Democratic lawmaker close to leadership.”
