WATCH:
Ted Cruz Nails It About Why Pelosi Delayed Trump's State Of The Union Address
On Wednesday, asked about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stance to
postpone President Trump’s State of the Union Address and why she would take
that position, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave a biting answer that was dead
right: Pelosi doesn’t want Trump to directly address the American people
because then they will get a different message than the mainstream media will
give them.
Pelosi wrote to President Trump on
Wednesday, "Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government
re-opens this week, I suggest we work together to determine another suitable
date after 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 29.” She later told CNN, "This is a
housekeeping matter in the Congress of the United States, so we can honor the
responsibility of the invitation we extended to the President. He can make it
from the Oval Office if he wants."
The interviewer started with Cruz by commenting, “So we’re seeing
some efforts from House Democratic leadership to either postpone or put off the
State of the Union address because of the shutdown.” He asked Cruz, “Does it
really make any sense whatsoever to try to do that, and do people honestly
believe that they are going to silence President Trump or end the partial
shutdown by talking away the House chambers cameras from him?”
Cruz responded: Listen,
if you’re Nancy Pelosi it makes a lot of sense. Nancy Pelosi is terrified,
number one, of her extreme left-wing base; she is captive of that; and number
two, the position of Congressional Democrats in this shutdown is objectively
unreasonable. In 2013, Chuck Schumer and every Senate Democrat voted in favor
of 350 miles of border wall. They have right now shut the government down to
stop 234 miles of border wall. I don’t know how you explain that you voted in
favor of 350 miles but you shut the government down to stop 234 miles. That is
incoherent.
The honest answer: It’s
not a substantive disagreement; it’s that they’re terrified of their extreme
left wing, who hates Trump. And that’s why we’re having a shutdown. So why does
Nancy Pelosi not want the State of the Union?
Because the State of the
Union is an enormous platform for the president to speak directly to the
American people, and she doesn’t want people focusing on the substance of this
issue. She wants their information to come from the mainstream media rather
than the president.
Listen, it’s the same
reason, You remember, back right before the shutdown, when the president met
with Pelosi and Schumer in the Oval Office and it was a remarkable meeting. I
thought the funniest and most revealing moment was when Pelosi said multiple
times, “Please, can we turn the cameras off? Can we get the reports out of
here” She didn’t want people to see then that their position was objectively
unreasonable. The president has said he’s willing to compromise; he’s willing
to negotiate but we need to secure the border. The president’s right on that.
Their position is not defensible so of course she’s trying to hide from the
cameras and I don’t think we should let her.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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