{"id":2568365,"date":"2026-02-10T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nga-cancels-meeting-at-white-house-after-trump-snubs-democrats\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:44:07","slug":"nga-cancels-meeting-at-white-house-after-trump-snubs-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nga-cancels-meeting-at-white-house-after-trump-snubs-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"NGA cancels meeting at White House after Trump snubs Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnga-cancels-meeting-at-white-house-after-trump-snubs-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2568365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The bipartisan National Governors Association canceled its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wayne-lapierre-libs-would-rather-target-second-amendment-than-save-lives\/\" title=\"Wayne LaPierre: Libs would rather target Second Amendment than save lives\">annual meeting<\/a> with President Donald Trump after the White house excluded Democratic governors from the invitation list. NGA Chairman Kevin Stitt said the White House planned to invite only Republican governors, breaking with tradition, and that the association would no longer be the event\u2019s facilitator or included in the official programme. Stitt argued that one divisive action should not divide the group, calling for unity and pragmatic leadership among governors. Democratic governors reacted strongly: Wes Moore of Maryland suggested race may have influenced the exclusions, Jared Polis of Colorado called the decision disappointing, and the Democratic Governors Association said Trump had created chaos and division and that its members would not attend the White House dinner. former Senator Joe Manchin also condemned the snub, urging reconsideration, while noting ongoing tensions between Trump and Democratic governors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">National Governors Association cancels annual meeting after Trump snubs Democrats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2500832\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The bipartisan National Governors Association has canceled its annual meeting with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> later this month after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> excluded Democratic governors from the invitation list.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-stitt\/\">Kevin Stitt<\/a> (R-OK), the chairman of the association, said the White House intended to invite only Republican governors in a break from tradition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4452788\/house-passes-measure-mint-coin-america-250\/\">House passes measure to mint collectible $2.50 coin for America 250<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4448668\/trump-endorsement-gop-primary-2026\/\">Donald Trump&#8217;s coveted endorsement isn&#8217;t clearing the field in GOP primaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4449342\/trump-doubts-2026-election-effort-sell-national-voter-id-law\/\">Trump sows doubts about 2026 election in effort to sell national voter ID law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Because NGA&rsquo;s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program,&rdquo; Stitt wrote in a Monday letter to fellow governors as reported by the <em>Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot allow one divisive action to achieve its goal of dividing us,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;The solution is not to respond in kind, but to rise above and to remain focused on our shared duty to the people we serve. America&rsquo;s governors have always been models of pragmatic leadership, and that example is most important when Washington grows distracted by politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the White House for comment in response to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>In its own statement on the news, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-governors-association\/\">Democratic Governors Association<\/a> blamed Trump for &ldquo;creating chaos and division&rdquo; and announced its members would not attend the event this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the reports are true that not all governors are invited to these events, which have historically been productive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-nunes-to-newsmax-big-tech-backed-biden-hes-not-inclined-to-go-after-them\/\" title=\"Rep. Nunes to Newsmax: Big Tech Backed Biden, He&#039;s Not Inclined to Go After Them\">bipartisan opportunities<\/a> for collaboration, we will not be attending the White House dinner this year,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irobot-cutting-31-of-workforce-after-amazon-deal-falls-through\/\" title=\"IRobot to cut 31% of workforce due to failed Amazon deal\">joint statement reads<\/a>. &ldquo;Democratic governors remain united and will never stop fighting to protect and make life better for people in our states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wes-moore\/\">Wes Moore<\/a> (D-MD), who serves as NGA vice chairman alongside Stitt, previously complained about being disinvited from the annual NGA dinner in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> Moore suggested he may have been snubbed because of his race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the nation&rsquo;s only Black governor, I can&rsquo;t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight &mdash; whether that was the intent or not,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovWesMoore\/status\/2020544415693947242\">wrote on X<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) was also specifically excluded from the dinner, according to news reports. The Colorado Democrat&rsquo;s office called the decision &ldquo;disappointing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gov. Polis has always been willing to work with anyone across the political spectrum who wants to help work on the hardest problems facing Colorado and America, regardless of party or who occupies the White House,&rdquo; a Polis spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Stitt&rsquo;s letter, the rest of the nation&rsquo;s Democratic governors were apparently going to be excluded from the event, too. The NGA&rsquo;s annual business meeting was previously scheduled for Feb. 20 in the middle of a three-day conference.<\/p>\n<p>Former Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\/\">Joe Manchin<\/a>, who once was governor of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-virginia\/\">West Virginia<\/a> and a chairman of the NGA, notably called out Trump for snubbing Democratic governors and urged him to reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shutting out governors based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >party affiliation doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t just undermine the NGA, it undermines the citizens those governors were elected to represent,&rdquo; Manchin <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sen_JoeManchin\/status\/2020893265046786356\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Leadership means bringing people together, especially when it&rsquo;s hard. This decision should be reconsidered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4449493\/wes-moore-support-effort-ban-private-buildings-ice-detention-centers\/\">WES MOORE THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND EFFORT TO BAN PRIVATE BUILDINGS FROM SERVING AS ICE DETENTION CENTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has frequently sparred with multiple Democratic governors, including Moore and Polis, since returning to office last year.<\/p>\n<p>During an NGA gathering at the White House in February 2025, Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/janet-mills\/\">Janet Mills<\/a> (D-ME) engaged in a heated confrontation with Trump over his remarks about banning transgender athletes from playing in women&rsquo;s sports. At the time, he was threatening to withhold federal funding from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\">Maine<\/a> over the issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NGA cancels Trump meeting after Trump snubs Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2568366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25054097083352.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3685,64732,5894,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2568365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-nga","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25054097083352.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568369,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568365\/revisions\/2568369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}