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Slack.com slash DHQ. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has asked President Trump to delay

his state of the Union address because security agencies can't keep him safe during the

current government shutdown. In a letter issued from a broom closet, which Pelosi accidentally

walked into, while under the impression she was accidentally walking into a men's room,

the speaker wrote, quote, dear, hateful, orange man bad. Because the government is shutdown,

we cannot provide security for the state of the Union address. Without enough money to

fund security, anyone could walk into the address at any time, whether it was a gangster

or a terrorist or just the sort of low life who typically goes wherever he wants without

regard to the law. Why? Without proper funding for security, it would be as if you were giving

your speech in San Diego, or one of those other horrible little border towns where just

anybody can come in because there's no way to stop them. The only other way we could

protect you during the state of the Union would be to put up some sort of barrier. But

while those always work, we can't afford it because the government is shutdown because

of your ridiculous request to increase security and build a wall on the border. We cannot, of

course, agree to that so the government must remain shutdown and you must delay your

speech. Love and kisses, Nancy. Unquote. Pelosi further explained a reasoning to reporters

who found her wandering around the Capitol, Rutunda, asking the statues there for directions

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