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DHS rebuts Pelosi, says State of the Union can go on during shutdown
The Washington Times ^ | January 16, 2019 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 01/16/2019 12:49:25 PM PST by McGruff

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen undercut Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s justification for delaying the State of the Union speech, saying Wednesday that her department can handle security for the event even amid a government shutdown.

Ms. Nielsen, on Twitter, said the Secret Service is “fully prepared to support and secure the State of the Union.”

Earlier in the day Mrs. Pelosi had sent a letter to President Trump telling him to ditch the Jan. 29 date planned for his address to Congress and the country. She said that with the shutdown, she feared the government couldn’t guarantee security.

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KEYWORDS: dhs; pelosi; shutdown; sotu
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1 posted on 01/16/2019 12:49:25 PM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

I like Kirstjen, so far. She’d better not turn out to be an idiotic turncoat MSNBC contributor. For now, I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. There is nothing in her background that would disabuse me of the notion that she is a patriot.


2 posted on 01/16/2019 12:51:56 PM PST by scottinoc
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To: McGruff

The speaker has to give the President permission to enter the House. The Sgt at Arms has the authority to deny entry to the President.

But there is no reason the State of the Union address cannot be given in a larger venue with the Judicial branch, The Senate,House Republicans ( the House Dems will boycott), in which the public can attend.

Can you imagine a 65,000 attendance by the public in support of PDJT with the other branches of government in attendance without Pelosi?

A TRUMP rally and State of the Union Address combined ?

Pelosi has unleashed the Trump Kraken!

She will be very, very sorry she did. PDJT gets his wall.

The left loses big league.

Huzzah!


3 posted on 01/16/2019 12:53:33 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Candor7

Have McConnell send Pelosi an invite to attend SOTU in the Senate chamber.


4 posted on 01/16/2019 12:57:15 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: McGruff

Good point Mrs. RQSR to have the SOTU in the Senate so Pence, and McConnell would be behind DJT at the podium instead of Pelosi, and McCarthy.

I personally would like the president to address the Nation from the Oval Office, and take it away from the Democrat House who will find a way to screw up the works no matter what, but doing it in the Senate would be OK too. The House is supposed to be the peoples voice, but with Democrats in charge it is the voice of the DNC.


5 posted on 01/16/2019 12:57:15 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: McGruff

SLAPDOWN !!!


6 posted on 01/16/2019 1:02:57 PM PST by 11th_VA (Hey RATs - Negotiate or Starve)
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To: Candor7

I love it. He hits send on a SOTU email to Congress from a podium in Lordstown.


7 posted on 01/16/2019 1:03:24 PM PST by jaydubyagee
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To: Col Frank Slade
Have McConnell send Pelosi an invite to attend SOTU in the Senate chamber

I agree ...

8 posted on 01/16/2019 1:04:24 PM PST by 11th_VA (Hey RATs - Negotiate or Starve)
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To: McGruff

Is Nan paranoid about something?


9 posted on 01/16/2019 1:05:20 PM PST by jetson
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To: jaydubyagee

Trump needs to change this from the SOTU Address
to the STFU Address.


10 posted on 01/16/2019 1:05:39 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Candor7
Can you imagine 65,000 in support of PDJT w/ other branches
of government.....without Pelosi? A TRUMP rally and SOTU combined?

Fantastic. She'll be s-o-o-o-r-r-r-y.

11 posted on 01/16/2019 1:06:33 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Candor7; SunkenCiv; LS; governsleastgovernsbest; Kaslin
The speaker has to give the President permission to enter the House. The Sgt at Arms has the authority to deny entry to the President.

OK.

So, let HER tell Trump - in public and on TV - that “”she” does not want Trump to speak to the nation! We've had 40 years of “fake Senate filibuster” votes stopping the government due to “fake” protests.

Make Pelosi put her hatred in public. On TV.

12 posted on 01/16/2019 1:14:56 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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The Joint Session for Congress and the SOTU has been cancelled.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3720413/posts

Things are moving quickly on this. We have to stay tuned.


13 posted on 01/16/2019 1:17:49 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: McGruff

14 posted on 01/16/2019 1:26:02 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: rockinqsranch
in the Senate so Pence, and McConnell would be behind DJT at the podium instead of Pelosi, and McCarthy

In the House chamber the Vice President and the Speaker sit behind the President.

15 posted on 01/16/2019 1:34:34 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Candor7
Can you imagine a 65,000 attendance by the public in support of PDJT with the other branches of government in attendance without Pelosi?

Why limit it to 65,000. We have stadiums that can hold 100,000. I'd love to attend!

16 posted on 01/16/2019 1:37:14 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: McGruff

He should deliver the SOTU from the Iron Throne with some dobermans at his feet and Jim Acosta in the gimp suit.


17 posted on 01/16/2019 1:38:24 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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To: McGruff

Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union Jan. 29


18 posted on 01/16/2019 1:43:23 PM PST by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: McGruff

Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union Jan. 29


19 posted on 01/16/2019 1:44:11 PM PST by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: jaydubyagee

He could send them the SOTU via twitter: “The SOTU is ‘booming’ thanks to conservative policies, except for the unsecure borders that the democrats refuse to secure.”


20 posted on 01/16/2019 1:44:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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