House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi has called on President Donald Trump to postpone his State of the Union address.

The address is scheduled to take place on Jan. 29 in prime time.

Speaker Pelosi cited security concerns for her idea to postpone the address.

She also suggested he could submit the address in writing, Fox News reported.

This would be a win for Democrats as the president would not address the nation and push his ideas the end the government shutdown.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the extraordinary step Wednesday of urging President Trump to delay his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, or submit the address in writing.

The president has been slated to deliver his televised annual address to a Joint Session of Congress on Jan. 29. But with no compromise in sight to resolve the standoff over government funding — a stalemate that extended into its 26th day, with the impact deepening for furloughed federal workers and others — Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested Trump put those plans on hold.

“On January 3rd, it was my privilege as Speaker to invite you to deliver the State of the Union address on January 29. The Constitution calls for the President ‘from time to time give the Congress Information of the State of the Union,” Pelosi wrote, but noted that “since the start of modern budgeting in Fiscal Year 1977, a State of the Union address has never been delivered during a government shutdown.”

She concluded: “Sadly, given the security concerns and unless the government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to Congress on January 29.”

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Pelosi detailed the need for proper security at events such as the State of the Union, citing comments made by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen who recognized the “need for the full resources of the Federal Government to be brought to bear” to “ensure the security of these events.”

“The U.S. Secret Service was designated as the lead federal agency responsible for coordinating, planning, exercising, and implementing security for National Special Security Events…” Pelosi wrote. “However, both the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security have not been funded for 26 days now –with critical departments hamstrung by furloughs.”

Despite her suggestion to come to an agreement on a new date, Pelosi did not rescind the president’s invitation. That decision ultimately rests with her, as speaker of the House.

Having ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ take advice from Pelosi on SOTU is like asking ⁦@Franklin_Graham to take advice from Louis Farrakhan. ⁩ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asks President Trump to delay the SOTU until the government reopens. https://t.co/B5Zdjs4NV8 — Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) January 16, 2019

BREAKING: Speaker Pelosi sends letter to President Trump suggesting they postpone his State of the Union address until after the government has been reopened, or deliver the address in writing, a practice that was common in the 1800s and early 1900s. pic.twitter.com/xqgbJUzCXe — NBC News (@NBCNews) January 16, 2019

In 2015, even after Obama violated the Constitution and usurped Congress’s powers by declaring DAPA (later struck down), Speaker Boehner did not have the chutzpah to tell the president not to give the SOTU. Evidence of Pelosi’s daring, or lack of principle https://t.co/NGWTaxXKRW — Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) January 16, 2019