The Department of Homeland Security and the US Secret Service are fully prepared to support and secure the State of the Union. We thank the Service for their mission focus and dedication and for all they do each day to secure our homeland.
— Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen (@SecNielsen) January 16, 2019
Nielsen On State Of The Union Delay: Unfunded DHS Is ‘Fully Prepared’ For It
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January 16, 2019 2:46 p.m.
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A wall of hamberders around the Capitol?
I don’t recall Pelosi asking for Nielsen’s input.
Kirsten, you’d get around better if you’d remove Trump’s hand from the lever attached to your mouth.
This is interesting. These are echoes of the thinly veiled threats segregationists would make against King and those against Obama, where a racist, or a right winger (is there any important distinction between those categories).
In 57, MLK was set to visit Raleigh, but Jesse Helms (on the city council at the time) stated that there was no way to guarantee MLK’s safety in the event that he did.
The Sheriff stood up and stated that he was certain that his department could, rebuking the racist Helms directly.
What if there is a sickout that morning? I, for one, would not feel comfortable sitting in the Capitol with every official in Washington with a workforce protecting me that had not been paid since before Christmas or headquarters support. This is the Speaker’s prerogative.