House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Wednesday said “the State of the Union is off,” and that it would continue to be delayed as long as the government is shut down.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wrote to Trump earlier Wednesday to tell him that she would delay the speech.
But later Wednesday, Hoyer’s spokesperson told The Washington Post: “Mr. Hoyer had not read Speaker Pelosi’s letter and mischaracterized it.”
Watch below:
Hoyer: "The state of the union is off." pic.twitter.com/WQIUZHKSjv
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 16, 2019
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The SOTU is “off”. But, then again, so is Trump. They are daring Trump to hit back with some absurd speech in Redneckville. This gon be gud.
I love this! Denying Trump an audience during prime time to spout his nonsense. Brilliant, Nancy!
So, Hoyer is the decider? Seems odd.
The SOTU is off, and the STFU is on.