Trump’s Guests Will Include Family Members of Victims of Violence by Undocumented Immigrants
Tuesday night President Donald Trump will deliver his first speech to a joint session of Congress. As presidents do, Trump has invited several people to help bolster his message. The President’s guests tonight include the surviving family members of three victims of violence by undocumented immigrants to be present in the gallery for all to see as he unleashes his vision to the American people and people around the world.
“Jessica Davis and Susan Oliver are the widows of California police officers Detective Michael Davis and Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver, who were killed in 2014 by an undocumented immigrant. The two officers have a bill named after them, which aims to increase cooperation between federal and local officials to enforce federal immigration laws,” Politico reports.
“In addition, Jamiel Shaw Sr., whose son, Jamiel Jr., was shot to death in 2008 in Los Angeles by an undocumented immigrant, was also invited. Shaw spoke at the Republican National Convention in July.”
To counter what will assuredly be an unprecedented attack on immigrants, Democratic lawmakers have said they will be bringing undocumented immigrants to the address.
In another unprecedented move, the White House sent the conspiracy theory fake news website InfoWars an overview of President Trump’s speech. InfoWarts insists it’s not a leak – that it came directly ad officially via the White House. The Washington Post notes: “After the website posted a list of the president’s talking points, White House press secretary Sean Spicer read many of the same points — almost verbatim, in some cases — during his daily media briefing.”