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pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 05:30 AM Jan 2019

President Donald Trump Postpones State Of The Union Until Shutdown Ends


The president backed down from his vow to go forward as planned after the House speaker said she would not take steps to authorize the speech during the shutdown.

President Donald Trump said late Wednesday he would postpone his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends and that he was not looking for an alternative venue amid an ongoing stalemate with Democratic leaders.

“I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over,” the president said on Twitter, noting that he was “not looking for an alternative venue for the SOTU Address because there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber.”

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pelosi-state-of-the-union_us_5c493c49e4b0287e5b87d4ec
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Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. Free Clue for republican-russian operative Dirty Donny*
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 06:11 AM
Jan 2019

No one wants to hear your stupid, manipulative republican-russian lies. So just bag your stupid SOTU BS, go back to Mar-A-Fuggin-Lago. While there you and your billionaire republican buddies can fatten up on a few more buckets of russian caviar, and then go golfing to squander many more millions of our hard-earned tax dollars on golden, gourmet, glorious luxuries for yourselves. That's the only thing you KGOP republiwankers are good at.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

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Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
2. Madame Speaker Pelosi will tell Trump if and when he can do a SOTU speech
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 06:14 AM
Jan 2019

The Man-baby Russian Agent is getting a lesson in how the Constitution works....

LiberalFighter

(51,094 posts)
4. There is a reason why he is not looking for another venue.
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:03 AM
Jan 2019

It won't have the grandeur and stature of having it in the House Chamber. It likely would not have the media coverage either.

smb

(3,475 posts)
5. Especially After That Fiasco Earlier This Month...
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:11 AM
Jan 2019

...where he convinced the networks to give him air time for a bunch of (more) witless (than usual) yammering that didn't even have his usual carnival-barker energy.

tblue37

(65,488 posts)
8. People who mock him on Twitter and on TV will make it harder for him
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:09 AM
Jan 2019

to surrender on the wall and reopening the government.

I wish everyone would stop dancing in the end zone about this.

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