For The First Time In Over 50 Years, White House Does Not Release State Of The Union Address Transcr
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For 55 years, the White House has released a transcript of the SOTU speech to media outlets before the event so they can have their talking head panels prepare to discuss it (oftentimes with either praise or harsh criticism).
With rumors floating around about if President Trump will touch upon the FISA abuse scandal during his speech, many are wondering if his decision to not release the transcript is yet another strategic move to keep the media lapdogs, Democratic opposition and neo-cons on their toes.
His highly vocal distaste for the "fake news" media and its overtly biased negative coverage of his presidency is apparent to all Americans. MSM's obsession with the Russian-collusion narrative and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation apparently knows no bounds. They rarely cover the many accomplishments Trump's administration has achieved in just over a year into office, wrongfully skewing their viewers' opinions of the president (if they're incapable of doing their own research, that is).
According to a White House press release, President Trump and First Lady Melania announced yesterday they will have a number of special guests attending the State of the Union address.
From whitehouse.gov:
Corey Adams, a skilled welder at Staub Manufacturing Solutions in Ohio, and his wife, were able to become first-time homeowners in 2017, and they will invest their extra money from tax reform into their two daughters’ education savings.
Elizabeth Alvarado
Robert Mickens
Evelyn Rodriguez
Freddy Cuevas
Elizabeth Alvarado, Robert Mickens, Evelyn Rodriguez, and Freddy Cuevas are the parents of Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas, who had been close friends since elementary school, but in September 2016, the two girls were chased down and brutally murdered by MS-13.
In 2007, Cpl (Ret.) Matthew Bradford stepped on an IED in Iraq, causing shrapnel to immediately enter both of his eyes and blind him. He also lost both of his legs. After multiple surgeries and therapy, Matthew reenlisted in the Marine Corps – the first blind double amputee to do so.
Jon Bridgers founded the Cajun Navy 2016, a non-profit rescue and recovery organization that responded to the 2016 flooding in south Louisiana and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey in Texas, helping thousands of people across the South.
David Dahlberg is a fire prevention technician in southern California. He saved 62 children and staff members in July 2017 from a raging wildfire that encircled their camp.
Preston Sharp was visiting his veteran grandfather’s grave in 2015 when he noticed that other local veterans were not being honored with American flags or flowers. Today, Preston has organized the placement of more than 40,000 American flags and red carnations on soldiers’ graves.
UPDATE (1/30/2018 at 4:10 PM Pacific):
The White House has just released excerpts from Trump's upcoming SOTU address:
Together, we are building a SAFE, STRONG, and PROUD America.
We want every American to know the dignity of a hard day’s work; we want every child to be safe in their home at night, and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we love.
Just as I promised the American People from this podium 11 months ago, we enacted the biggest tax cuts and reform in American history.
Our massive tax cuts provide tremendous relief for the Middle Class and small businesses.
Since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses – many of them thousands of dollars per worker.
This is our New American Moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American dream.
Tonight, I want to talk about what kind of future we are going to have, and what kind of nation we are going to be. All of us, together, as one team, one people, and one American family.
Americans love their country. And they deserve a government that shows them the same love and loyalty in return.
For the last year we have sought to restore the bonds of trust between our citizens and their government.
In our drive to make Washington accountable, we have eliminated more regulations in our first year than any administration in history.
We have ENDED the war on American Energy – and we have ENDED the War on CLEAN COAL. We are now an exporter of energy to the world.
America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs and our nation’s wealth.
America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year – isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take ten years just to get a permit approved for a simple road?
I am asking both parties to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable, and modern infrastructure our economy needs and our people deserve.
Struggling communities, especially immigrant communities, will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interests of American Workers and American Families.
So tonight I am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties, Democrats and Republicans, to protect our citizens, of every background, color, and creed.
As we rebuild America’s strength and confidence at home, we are also restoring our strength and standing abroad.
Last year I pledged that we would work with our allies to extinguish ISIS from the face of the earth. One year later, I’m proud to report that the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated almost 100 percent of the territory once held by these killers in Iraq and Syria. But there is much more work to be done. We will continue our fight until ISIS is defeated.
Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of the past Administrations that got us into this dangerous position.
(As prepared for delivery)
