BREAKING: Speaker Pelosi Rejects President Trump’s Request to Allow SOTU in House Chamber

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has formally rejected President Donald Trump‘s request to hold the State of the Union address as normal next week.

Trump wrote a letter to Pelosi saying he plans to do it on time and on location, but Pelosi said in a response letter that’s not happening “until government has opened.”

BREAKING: @SpeakerPelosi to decline steps to permit a State of the Union Jan 29 pic.twitter.com/ZDbKGjduNT

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) January 23, 2019

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