Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution provides:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHe shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The State of the Union originally was a letter the Present sent to Congress.\u00a0 Later, the President went in person to speak to Congress, which turned into a silly partisan event where half the chamber leaps to applaud every time he takes a breath.\u00a0
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi won’t let President Trump deliver the State of the Union address to Congress while the government is shut down so it’s postponed, or maybe not, now that we’re open for three weeks.\u00a0 Nobody knows.\u00a0
Actually, nobody cares.\u00a0 It’s grandstanding.\u00a0 It’s silly.\u00a0 Instead of delivering a speech or mailing a letter, Trump ought to break new ground: give the State of the Union by Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0Hey, it\u2019s his signature medium.\u00a0\u00a0Why not?\u00a0
\u00a0“The Constitution requires me to advise Congress on the State of the Union.\u00a0 Democrats won’t let me speak to Congress in person so I’m tweeting it to you, the American people.\u00a0 Pass along this message to your elected representative, will you?”
\u00a0“The union is in a sorry state.\u00a0 We owe more than we can repay.\u00a0 Deep state saboteurs within our own government are undermining the principles of representative democracy.\u00a0\u00a0The nation is flooded with illegal immigrants who suck up welfare, commit crimes and vote in elections for policies that further weaken the nation.”
\u00a0“We can’t stem the violence in our own cities but we’re wasting lives and tax dollars protecting Europe from Russia and most of North Africa from themselves.\u00a0\u00a0We’ve barely recovered from a decade-long economic slump but influential people are already demanding we saddle the economy with higher taxes and more regulations.”
\u00a0“I call on Congress to end deficit spending, cut government spending, lower taxes, reduce regulations, cease subsidizing other nations, defend our own borders, and then step out of the way.\u00a0 Give us half a chance and ordinary Americans will make America great again.”
\u00a0“If Congress remains deadlocked, all is not lost.\u00a0 Elections have consequences.\u00a0 I have a pen and I’ve got a phone.\u00a0 I can use that pen to sign executive orders and administrative actions that will move the ball forward.”\u00a0
\u00a0“Good night, and may God bless America.”
That ought to set the cat among the pigeons.\u00a0
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIt’s got my vote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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