FULL
STATE OF THE UNION: President Trump Addresses Nation from House
Chamber (FNN)
https://youtu.be/XpY_KQTKHQQ
Published
on 5 Feb 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
D-Calif., on Monday invited President Trump to deliver the State of
the Union address on February 5. The invitation from Pelosi comes
after a planned January 29 date to give the address was scuttled due
to the partial government shutdown. That led to a contentious
back-and-forth between Trump and the House speaker before the
president announced a deal to reopen the government on January 25.
“When I wrote to you on January 23rd, I stated that we should work
together to find a mutually agreeable date when government has
reopened to schedule this year’s State of the Union address,"
Pelosi said she wrote in her new invitation to Trump. "In our
conversation today, we agreed on February 5th.”' The path to
Trump's first State of the Union in front of Democratic House of
Representatives has been a rocky one. Pelosi first extended an invite
to the president just hours after lawmakers formally joined the new
Congress, proposing a Jan. 29 date for the annual event which is held
in the House Chamber. Trump publicly agreed to deliver the address on
that date days later. But on Jan. 16, Pelosi changed her mind, urging
Trump to postpone the speech because of the partial government
shutdown. "Sadly, given the security concerns and unless
government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to
determine another suitable date after the government has re-opened
for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the
Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th," she
said in a letter to the president. The speaker reinforced her plea to
delay the event on Jan. 23, telling Trump in a letter that she would
not allow him to address the nation in the House during the shutdown.
At first, it appeared Trump was going to opt for a Plan B, telling
reporters "we'll do something in the alternative." But he
later switched gears, announcing on Twitter that he would do the
address when the shutdown is over. "I'm 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. I look forward to giving a 'great' State of the Union
Address in the near future!" Trump tweeted. #SOTU
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