The Department of Homeland Security said that security officers are prepared to protect President Donald Trump and lawmakers during the president’s upcoming State of the Union address, hitting back at Democrat leaders who claimed that security would be lacking due to the partial government shutdown.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the most visible Democrat of late and ostensibly the leader of the party at the moment, kicked off the latest back-and-forth by releasing a letter she wrote to the president, asking him to reschedule the address or deliver it in writing if the partial government shutdown continues.
