Three-Dimensional Chess: Nancy Pelosi throws a wrench in Stephen Miller's "Blame the Dems" speech. [View all]

[Miles Archer]

I shared this previously on DU (the part about Trump planning to use the speech to blame the Dems). Here are the details:

Stephen Miller was writing SOTU to blame Democrats for shutdown — until Nancy Pelosi pulled the rug out: report



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/stephen-miller-writing-sotu-blame-democrats-shutdown-nancy-pelosi-pulled-rug-report/

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have thrown a wrench into President Donald Trump’s primetime plan to blame Democrats for the shutdown.

Citing security concerns on Wednesday, Pelosi called on the president to delay his State of the Union Address — or submit it in writing — if the government was still shut down.

According to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Trump speechwriter Stephen Miller had been planning to blame Democrats for the shutdown as a centerpiece of the annual speech.

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My colleague @kaitlancollins adds some context: Stephen Miller and other WH speechwriters have been working on the SOTU address for weeks. An administration official said they were prepared to craft it around the government shutdown, targeting Democrats, if it was still closed

7:58 AM - 16 Jan 2019

Pelosi first extended the invitation for Trump to address Congress after she became Speaker on Jan. 3. As Speaker, she has the power to rescind the invitation.