GOP lawmakers offer several locations for Trump address
By Juliegrace Brufke and Scott Wong - 01/23/19 03:03 PM EST
President Trump won’t be delivering the State of the Union address on the House floor on Jan. 29, but GOP lawmakers are offering a number of alternatives for him to consider.
Most of them involve their own districts, as many of the Republicans would love to host Trump’s speech — if he decides to deliver it someplace outside the Capitol.
Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Trump could come down to the SuperDome in New Orleans.
“We are gonna be a little more free the next couple weeks than we should be after the Saints were robbed,†Scalise told The Hill, referring to the NFL team’s loss on a controversial referee’s call on Sunday.
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) said the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., would be a “great place†for Trump to give the speech. That was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s historic speech in which he uttered the words: “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.â€
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