Not taking a position on this, but: It's up to the House Speaker to invite the POTUS to a joint address. Boehner denied an Obama request for a (non-SOTU) address; Johnson denied a Biden request for a Zelensky joint address.
If Ds take House in '26, what stops Jeffries from denying Trump two SOTUs?
If Ds take House in '26, what stops Jeffries from denying Trump two SOTUs?
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2. Grampa sundown grievance storytime is not an "extraordinary occasion"
Anyway, letting Trump speak and be heckled is a winning strategy. But I doubt he’s president in 2026
doesn't have to be at POTUS's preferred time/day
doesn't have to be while members are in DC
doesn't have to be as long as POTUS wants
doesn't have to allow guests
doesn't have to be televised
2. I would not be performative ie holding up a stupid fucking sign. Attend the speech and 30 seconds in everyone walks out. Disrupt, disrupt, disrupt
4. I’d hold town halls in every Republican district in my state. If I’m a Dem in TX I’d go to every district & do my own to show what their Republican is doing
6. Stop relenting on human rights. Defend trans people vigorously and daily. You have to have fights to win fights
8. Create a group led by the strongest voices (AOC is the strongest) and hold our own weekly briefings until leadership gets stronger & tougher
the house flips in 2026?, the world changes
Jeffries would be roundly criticized by everyone including NYT. Trump could take his SOTU on the road for a bigger splash with his supporters.
If Democrats retake the House in 2026, Speaker Jeffries will NOT invite Trump to deliver the SOTU! Trump will be humiliated!!! Can you chip in $26 TODAY so next year is the LAST year we have to wave fans as Trumps speaks???
Every instinct and fiber of Jeffries's being, that's what stops him.
As Ben Franklin warned “A republic - if you can keep it.” We are losing our republic to the oligarchs
He will invite him
But deciding to do so now is just flopping around without a plan.
Unless of course, they make it WAY old school and into a duel, in which case everyone on the planet with a TV would watch
I hope you're right
Jeffries may not be speaker even if Ds take back the House.
In Britain the Speech from the Throne happens in the House of Lords because the King is not allowed to go into the Commons.
Notice Change and Solidarity left the group in the early 90s
Trump shouldn't be invited for a SOTU but that's a nonstarter for a Democrat who believes in norms and decorum above all else.