Speaker Pelosi invites President Trump to deliver State of the Union on February 4

[George II]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on February 4, 2020.

"In the spirit of respecting our Constitution, I invite you to deliver your State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives," Pelosi wrote in a letter addressed to the President dated Friday.

The invitation from Pelosi comes just days after the House of Representatives took the historic step of voting to impeach Trump, a move that has led to an escalation of partisan tensions on Capitol Hill.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/politics/pelosi-trump-state-of-the-union/

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The letter via ABC News tweet:

Link to tweet

Adding insult to injury. How much you want to bet that he turns down the invitation?

[Canoe52]

1. A little salt in the wound?

[magicarpet]

9. And then a splash of battery acid....

[irisblue]

2. Good. An in public reminder, The House and Speaker invite him.

An in your face boss move

[ChiTownDenny]

3. HA!

You think he tweets crazy? Can't wait to see this...

[bearsfootball516]

4. Also, the day after the Iowa caucus.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Speaker Pelosi is playing this strictly by the books. She knows what she's doing.

[George II]

6. This is a very subtle (or maybe not?) taunt of him.

[magicarpet]

7. HA ! If he can keep it until then.

Some what precarious at the moment.

Impeach/Remove/Indict/Incarcerate.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. A little more jiu-jitsu from the best Speaker ever!

[dalton99a]

10. He'll use the occasion to read his beautiful six-page letter.

[Grokenstein]

31. ...with all the slurring and drooling we've come to expect!!

Can't wait to see the ratings!

[sarge43]

11. "And wipe your feet before you come in."

Grandmothers can be fierce.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Trump Embarrassment Meter stressed off the charts

Madame Speaker demonstrating a tower of normalcy. Reasonable people will follow, which still means most Americans.

[rurallib]

13. hope she has a back up speaker in the wings just in case

[packman]

14. Good Gawd ALMIGHTY - I can really visualize his unraveling

at the podium - Well played Nancy. Nothing to lose and let the nation see him at his worst.

?v=3

[JustAnotherGen]

15. Well played Speaker - well played!

Hmmm . . . I wonder if she's going to send that case over to the Senate anytime soon? Hmmm . . .

[George II]

16. Wouldn't it be great if she handed it to McConnell during the speech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JustAnotherGen]

17. Oh shit!

[dogknob]

33. Hand it over at a point when the trial will be closer to the election

1) More time to ensure a fair trial... with witness testimony allowed (it currently isn't)
2) More time for the don to make a fool of him self like at his rally the other night, where even his own supporters stood in shocked silence.
3) Rack up additional articles of impeachment.

[olddad65]

37. How about after the election and the dems regain control of the house.

[Polybius]

41. "and the dems regain control of the house"

Did you mean Senate? Because Dems already control the House.

[jaysunb]

18. Yes, on Monday February 3rd.

[Lonestarblue]

19. Be still my heart. What a great idea!

Maybe he’ll be too incoherent with anger to speak. Of course, he’s always incoherent.

[Miguelito Loveless]

20. Ig he goes, I will buy the popcorn

Trump will degenerate into a gibbering, ball of incandescent rage.

[ROUGHRIDER1976]

21. should she also invite greta

should Nancy invite greta thornberg to the sotu...have her sit in front row?

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. I bet she holds back transmitting articles to the senate until after the SOTU

Isn’t there a primary on Feb 4? NH?

[cstanleytech]

23. He won't do it as there is too much risk of him saying something that

would incriminate him even more.

[mitch96]

24. Then again he might use the opportunity to make a speech against impeachment

He just loves the bullypulpit and all the cameras are on him.. Like others have said he will prolly dig his hole a little deeper...
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[Bayard]

25. I think he will do it

And use the opportunity to denigrate Pelosi and all Dems.

Can Nancy whack him in the back of the head with her gavel?

[olddad65]

26. Why not cut out the middle man and just invite his Daddy Vladdy to give the address

[AncientGeezer]

28. Wise move Madam Speaker....show this isn't partisian.

Dumpster won't turn it down. He's a publicity pig.

[Croney]

29. Someone very smart could write him a great presidential speech, and

he could stand there in a dignified manner, look presidential, and read it word-for-word, impressing the world with his wisdom.

Nah, he'll just be the jackass he always is.

[soapbox1952]

30. STATE OF UNION

PELOSI IS A BRILLIANT STAGIEST. OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SHE IS PROJECTING INTEGRITY BY THE INVITATION. AS DEMOCRATS WE NEED TO FOLLOW SUIT, SHOW INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT BRAGGING AS WELL AS BE HUMBLE FOR STANDING UP TO WHAT IS RIGHT.

[mopinko]

40. welcome to du.

but, do you have to scream?
sorta frowned on in these parts.

[mcar]

32. She is a genius!

Wonder if all those people who thought she was too old and ineffective to be speaker have realized their error?

[elleng]

34. DAMN, that's my birthday!

Hate to complain about Speaker Pelosi, but DAMN!!!

[onenote]

35. Following the precedent of Clinton giving his SOTU while his impeachment trial was underway

[Prof.Higgins]

36. I see. Trump's crimes deserve impeaching, but give him a respectful S.O.T.U. reward.

I admire Speaker Pilosi's leadership, but reckon it is an egregious mistake to reward Trump with the golden opportunity to trash all his Democratic Party "enemies" while the Democrats will need to sit in polite silence and listen to this impeached "clear and present danger" to America spewing out lunatic lies and attacks upon the Democratic Party Members just as though this is another of his campaign rally rants.

Think of what Paul Ryan would have done if he was still Speaker and Hillary Clinton was being impeached for "emails" or "Benghazi" or any other nonsensical accusations the Republicans could invent to impeach her for.

The actual State of the Union is one of existential peril due to Trump's and the Republican Party's betrayal of their oaths of office to preserve and protect the Constitution. They are diabolically demolishing the rule of law, but are still rewarded by a Democratic Party House leadership which I propound is seriously misreading the exasperation of its grass roots with the gifting of this invitation to Trump.

[onenote]

38. Trump would love nothing more than to be denied an invite to deliver the SOTU in the House Chamber

First, he could contrast his treatment with that of Clinton, who was invited to deliver his SOTU in 1999 while his impeachment trial was ongoing.

Second, he would then schedule a rally with an arena of adoring MAGATs at which he would deliver his state of the union address with live network coverage.

[jeffreyi]

39. Shady shade shade.

[truthisfreedom]

42. Please check your shoes for toilet paper before entering MY HOUSE.

[George II]

43. Context: