The longer they put it off, the more inevitable the SOTU address will be the gateway to the 25th Amendment.
Presidents are required constitutionally to address the houses. Extra bonus for watching Kamala doing the Aflac Duck impression next to Nance on the podium.
In 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt's address was read to a Joint Session of the House and Senate. Since the President did not deliver the address, it does not count as an in-person address.
The longer they put it off, the more inevitable the SOTU address will be the gateway to the 25th Amendment.
Presidents are required constitutionally to address the houses. Extra bonus for watching Kamala doing the Aflac Duck impression next to Nance on the podium.
No, a simple letter to Congress fulfills the SOTU obligation.
This is good to know, but that would still look terrible. When was the last time a president did that instead of a speech?
Jimmy Carter
In 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt's address was read to a Joint Session of the House and Senate. Since the President did not deliver the address, it does not count as an in-person address.
He was very sick too.
Yeah he died pretty quick after that leaving Harry Truman to get the nukes deployed.
Suddenly that sounds likely. News media will run cover of course.