Citing heavy security concerns, Speaker Pelosi sent a letter to Trump to reschedule the State of the Union speech until the government is reopened and the Secret Service is being paid.
When Trump callously reneged on a bipartisan deal to reopen the government to appease Rush Limbaugh, another unintended consequence was that he put his SOTU address at risk.
Speaker Pelosi explained that during any presidential State of the Union address the entire U.S. government leadership is present in one location which is a huge national security risk and with a government shutdown, it's a very dangerous move.
MSNBC and the media caught up with Speaker Pelosi and she spent a few minutes explaining her position on the issue.
Pelosi said, "Homeland Security is about all the resources needed to prepare for a State of the Union address which -- it's an event of special security and so these people are not working and we've never really had a State of the Union when government has been in shutdown since the Budget Act in the '70s."
