Trump Defers To Pelosi And Delays State Of The Union Address

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January 23rd, 2019

Empty seats in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber as seen in a 2008 file photo. President Trump is pressing forward with his desire to give a State of the Union speech in the chamber next week even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the speech should be postponed or cancelled due to the ongoing partial government … Continued

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Updated at 1:15 a.m. ET

President Trump said Wednesday night he won’t be looking for an alternative place to give the State of the Union address. Earlier in the day, asked about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insisting he could not speak on the House floor until a partial government shutdown is over, the president said, “We’ll do something in the alternative.”

But late in the evening, Trump noted that Pelosi “changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over.”

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