\n The National Governors Association said Wednesday that a traditionally bipartisan meeting at the White House next week is back on after invitations were extended to all of its members, even as President Donald Trump continued to rage against two of the nation\u2019s Democratic governors and the organization\u2019s co-chair, GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt.\n <\/p>\n
\n The Oklahoma Republican told his fellow governors in a Wednesday letter that all members \u2014 including Democratic governors initially excluded<\/a> from NGA\u2019s business meeting at the White House \u2014 are invited to the event, citing a \u201cmisunderstanding in scheduling.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI am writing to inform you that President Donald J. Trump is inviting all governors of the 55 States and territories to the Friday, Feb. 20 NGA Business Breakfast at 8:30am est,\u201d Stitt wrote Wednesday in a letter shared with CNN. \u201cHe was very clear in his communications with me that this is a National Governors Association\u2019s event, and he looks forward to hosting you and hearing from governors across the country. President Trump said this was always his intention, and we have addressed the misunderstanding in scheduling.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The apparent reversal comes after Stitt told NGA members Monday that the organization would no longer facilitate the White House meeting, citing the decision to only invite Republicans and to further exclude from a White House dinner two governors who have publicly quarreled with Trump: Maryland\u2019s Wes Moore, who co-chairs the NGA with Stitt, and Colorado\u2019s Jared Polis.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cBecause NGA\u2019s 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,\u201d Stitt wrote Monday in a letter shared with CNN. \u201cWe cannot allow one divisive action to achieve its goal of dividing us. 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.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n A source with the National Governors Association confirmed that Democratic governors had initially been excluded from the morning business meeting, but had begun to receive invitations to the bipartisan event Wednesday. A White House spokesperson confirmed to CNN that all members of the NGA were invited to Friday\u2019s business meeting.\n <\/p>\n \n But Trump further complicated matters Wednesday afternoon, when he weighed in on the back and forth in a post to his Truth Social platform<\/a>, lambasting Stitt, who he said \u201cincorrectly stated my position\u201d on the NGA meeting and blasting Moore and Polis.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThe RINO Governor of the Great State of Oklahoma, in which I won all 77 Counties, three times (The only person to do so!), incorrectly stated my position on the very exclusive Governors Annual Dinner and Meeting at the White House,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe invitations were sent to ALL Governors, other than two, who I feel are not worthy of being there.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The president also singled out Polis, who has blocked his efforts to pardon election denier Tina Peters on state charges<\/a>, and Moore, who he said is \u201cdoing a terrible job on the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge\u201d and has \u201callowed Baltimore to continue to be a Crime Disaster.\u201d\n <\/p>\n