Nancy Pelosi blocked President Trump from being able to address a joint session of Congress with the State of the Union speech next week. She says she wants to wait until the government is open again before holding a joint session of Congress. It's a truly childish move.
A few weeks ago, Pelosi extended the formal invitation for a SOTU speech on January 29th. That was about two weeks into the current partial government shutdown. Nothing has changed since then, but now Pelosi is rescinding her invitation because of the same shutdown that was in place when she made the invitation.
President Trump could easily now hold the SOTU at a different location. Nothing requires that the speech be given in the House. Trump could go ahead in the Senate chamber and invite House members to come if they want. Most likely the Democrats would boycott the speech, so there would be sufficient seating in the Senate. If not, then the House members could stand; after all it was the choice of the Speaker to force the speech to a smaller venue. Alternatively, Trump could give the SOTU speech in an arena filled with his supporters. A transcript of the speech could then be delivered to Congress to fulfill the constitutional requirement for a report to the members by the president.
Of course, with the venue shifted, the next question will be if the networks cover the speech. It would be crazy for the mainstream media not to cover the speech, but these days, crazy is what passes for normal in the media.
I wish the Democrats would just for once try to be reasonable and act in an intelligent and respectful manner.
A few weeks ago, Pelosi extended the formal invitation for a SOTU speech on January 29th. That was about two weeks into the current partial government shutdown. Nothing has changed since then, but now Pelosi is rescinding her invitation because of the same shutdown that was in place when she made the invitation.
President Trump could easily now hold the SOTU at a different location. Nothing requires that the speech be given in the House. Trump could go ahead in the Senate chamber and invite House members to come if they want. Most likely the Democrats would boycott the speech, so there would be sufficient seating in the Senate. If not, then the House members could stand; after all it was the choice of the Speaker to force the speech to a smaller venue. Alternatively, Trump could give the SOTU speech in an arena filled with his supporters. A transcript of the speech could then be delivered to Congress to fulfill the constitutional requirement for a report to the members by the president.
Of course, with the venue shifted, the next question will be if the networks cover the speech. It would be crazy for the mainstream media not to cover the speech, but these days, crazy is what passes for normal in the media.
I wish the Democrats would just for once try to be reasonable and act in an intelligent and respectful manner.
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