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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 04:29 PM Nov 2018

Excellent idea per State of the Union Address

"If Democrats really want to sting the president, they can invite him to deliver his State of the Union message in written form only. Although the Constitution requires the chief executive to give Congress “information of the State of the Union,” it says nothing about an oral address, much less the television extravaganza that it has become."

"Democrats could drop Trump a line, asking for his annual report, and … file it. No invitation to the House chamber. No opportunity to be seen shaking hands. No count of how many thousand times Republicans stood for his every breath and grunt. He could still do a speech, of course. He does one in front of a rally crowd, lately multiple times a day. But there’s a no reason he should get to give another of his fact-free rants on the grand stage, using the whole of Capitol Hill as a prop."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/7/1810879/-Democratic-victory-in-the-House-means-they-can-shut-down-Trump-on-his-biggest-night-of-the-year

Sounds like a great idea to me!

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Excellent idea per State of the Union Address (Original Post) Va Lefty Nov 2018 OP
I like it. shanny Nov 2018 #1
Let him have a public meltdown Buckeyeblue Nov 2018 #2
It will remove 2naSalit Nov 2018 #3
The less I see Marmalade Mussolini on my television, the better. LonePirate Nov 2018 #4
And have Gilbert Gottfried read it lame54 Nov 2018 #5

2naSalit

(86,332 posts)
3. It will remove
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 04:40 PM
Nov 2018

the agony for the rest of the world by not letting him have an hour or two to bloviate his propaganda. That needs to not be allowed.

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