House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has requested Trump reschedule the speech until government reopens. The White House's request indicates that it is moving forward with its preparations for the President to deliver his State of the Union address on January 29, as previously scheduled, despite Pelosi's request to change the date or deliver the speech in writing.
The request to the sergeant-at-arms was not granted Monday. As to being open to a later date, as mentioned in the email, that is not immediately clear. The sergeant-at-arms last week postponed a planned walk-through for White House officials after Pelosi's request.
In an email, the White House's director of presidential advance Bobby Peede requested on Sunday the sergeant-at-arms reschedule a walk-through for Monday, which was a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
"Given that we have lost valuable time over the past week my team would like to re-schedule the walkthrough for this Monday, if at all possible. Our team would consist of POTUS/OVP staff advance, USSS PPD/VPD and WHMO components. We understand that the House Chamber may not be available or be in session and would be happy to meet at any time, day or night," Peede wrote in the email.
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