Who is invited to the SOTU address?

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At the State of the Union, both the White House and lawmakers will invite guests to the address, sometimes to draw attention to a certain issue or policy.

So far the White House has said it has invited Kate Cox, a Texas woman who was unable to procure an abortion in Texas. President Biden will likely acknowledge her when talking about expanding rights to the controversial procedure.

Republicans are bringing police officers who brawled with migrants in Time Square and New York, as part of an effort to draw attention to the ongoing crisis at the southern border.

Fox News Digital reported this week that Speaker Mike Johnson’s guests will include include a mother who lost her son to a pill laced with fentanyl and the mother of a Maryland woman who was raped and murdered in 2022, allegedly by an MS-13 gang member.