Sarah Sanders Savages ‘Shameful’ Pelosi After Speaker Questions Secret Service
By C. Douglas Golden
January 21, 2019 at 8:07am
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wanted to postpone or cancel the State of the Union address because she said the Secret Service wouldn’t be ready due to the shutdown. That’s all right, the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security said, we’re fine.
Speaker Pelosi’s response? “I don’t care what they said.”
That didn’t sit well with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
In an appearance on Fox News’ “Watters’ World” on Saturday, Sanders called Pelosi’s use of the Secret Service as part of her attempt to cancel the State of the Union “shameful.”
“Any of these mainstream media folks praising the so-called power move by Nancy Pelosi, there’s nothing powerful about the speaker of the House questioning the ability of the United States Secret Service who have said they have no problem protecting the president,” Sanders told host Jesse Watters.
“Let’s be real clear — the Secret Service protected the president when he was in Iraq. I’m pretty sure they can handle the job on Capitol Hill. I think, frankly, it’s shameful and unbecoming of the speaker to pull the action that she did in regards to questioning the United States Secret Service.”
It looks like Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi has no intention of allowing the House chamber to be used for a State of the Union address.
Speaker Pelosi has informed the House Sergeant at Arms that no executive branch official will be permitted entry into the Capitol building.
Earlier Fox News reported Pelosi cancelled a walkthrough last week, and a second request for reconsideration from the White House is expected to meet the same fate. The House Speaker controls who is, and who is not, permitted entry to the House floor. Until Speaker Pelosi calls for a vote to support a joint session of congress, the President cannot enter the chamber.
At least Nancy didn't un-friend Donnell on Twitter, but he's banned from the Capitol Building.