Nancy Pelosi is doing Trump a favor (and responding to national security realities) by refusing to allow Trump to bully his way into a constitutionally-mandated report to congress on the state of the union in the form of a speech.
The Constitution does not specify that the State of the Union report has to be a speech. Prior to Woodrow Wilson in 1913 (106 years ago), presidents complied with this constitutional requirement in the form of a written report. At the dawn of radio, Wilson recognized a PR opportunity and every president since has made a speech before a joint session of congress.
Because of Trump, the U.S. has surrendered to Russia, the government is shut down, and the State of the Union is that Trump has destroyed the nation and millions of people (federal workers, their families and dependents and federal contractors and all the ancillary businesses that cater to federal centers) are suffering and could lose their homes, cars and destroy their credit unions.
No honest State of the Union message (speech, written report, or whatever) could present a positive picture of our nation today.
Of course, “honest” has never been a term associated with this criminal, traitor “president.”
Nancy Pelosi is doing Trump a favor (and responding to national security realities) by refusing to allow Trump to bully his way into a constitutionally-mandated report to congress on the state of the union in the form of a speech.
The Constitution does not specify that the State of the Union report has to be a speech. Prior to Woodrow Wilson in 1913 (106 years ago), presidents complied with this constitutional requirement in the form of a written report. At the dawn of radio, Wilson recognized a PR opportunity and every president since has made a speech before a joint session of congress.
Because of Trump, the U.S. has surrendered to Russia, the government is shut down, and the State of the Union is that Trump has destroyed the nation and millions of people (federal workers, their families and dependents and federal contractors and all the ancillary businesses that cater to federal centers) are suffering and could lose their homes, cars and destroy their credit unions.
No honest State of the Union message (speech, written report, or whatever) could present a positive picture of our nation today.
Of course, “honest” has never been a term associated with this criminal, traitor “president.”