Sharing the State of the Union spotlight, Pelosi softly makes her own statement
By Mike DeBonis February 5 at 1:30 PM
She won’t be delivering a speech, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be sharing the spotlight Tuesday night as President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a newly divided Congress that is likely to be skeptical of his agenda.
While Trump will have the microphone, Pelosi and her fellow House Democrats are using the occasion to send messages of their own — largely through the guests they have invited to the House chamber for the speech.
Pelosi’s guests, announced by her office Tuesday afternoon, include two active-duty transgender Army officers — an implicit critique of Trump’s decision to implement a ban on transgender servicemembers — and survivors of last February’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, a protest of the Republican stance against stricter gun control.
Also attending as Pelosi’s guest is Leana Wen, Planned Parenthood’s new president, who is set to appear amid a new uproar over Democratic state lawmakers’ attempts to expand abortion rights in New York and Virginia.
Highlighting Democrats’ position on immigration, Pelosi has invited Angelica Salas, a former undocumented immigrant who now leads the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, and José Andrés, a Washington-based chef who has been an outspoken supporter of immigrant rights.
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The tweet has been deleted.. so we'll see what happens.
