NEWS: Speaker Pelosi asks President Trump to reschedule State of the Union address because of the partial government shutdown
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 16, 2019
Good for Speaker Pelosi:
Damn. I mean… damn. pic.twitter.com/MZl3nLcEct
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 16, 2019
Pelosi argued that the security issues surrounding SOTU are "completely out of my hands" and told reporters Trump "can make it from the Oval Office if he wants.”
— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) January 16, 2019
.@KateBolduan asks @LeaderHoyer if @SpeakerPelosi is essentially saying the State of the Union on the Hill is canceled.
"Yep!" he responds, later adding: "The State of the Union is off."
Any chance Trump could convince them otherwise?
"No."
(Full exchange below) pic.twitter.com/6a9QMy31LT
— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) January 16, 2019
Pelosi’s letter effectively cancelling the State of the Union is a reminder:
a) she has tons of leverage
b) she knows pressure points
C) she can snap her fingers and seek Trump’s tax returns.— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) January 16, 2019