'Driving the narrative': Invited guests to Obama's SOTU speech will include Syrian refugee

President Obama’s final State of the Union address will be Tuesday night, and one of the guests who will sit in FLOTUS’ box has been announced:

WH announces that a Syrian refugee to have a seat in the First Lady's Box for the State of the Union Address Tuesday night.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 10, 2016

Obama has invited a Syrian refugee as one of his guests at his final State of the Union #SOTU pic.twitter.com/DdAms2V6Fn

— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) January 10, 2016

You might recall that in his Thanksgiving address Obama likened Syrian refugees to the Mayflower pilgrims. Perhaps recent news coming out of Cologne has caused the White House to sense their talking points are falling apart and need shoring up.

@markknoller @benshapiro Wow. They just love to stick their fingers in Americans eyes, don't they? Classless.

— KayDee ? (@ally_gardener) January 10, 2016

The only refugee that gets vetted properly. ? https://t.co/z5cFPGx0X0

— Lt. Colonel Leaker (@OPMpaul) January 10, 2016

@markknoller bet they properly vetted that one! #unreal

— Rick (@shershot99) January 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/im_marcie/status/686204784051765249
https://twitter.com/mshuster09/status/686206243237683201

I wonder if he'll be allowed to bring a homemade clock with him. https://t.co/thpkFazODW

— Regula Iuris (@Regula_Iuris) January 10, 2016

Will there be any living non-indictable Americans in that box? https://t.co/fsv0GFeJkV

— T. Michael (@TomCrowe) January 10, 2016

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@markknoller Was this individual vetted as well as Tashfeen?

— Joe America Radio (@JoeAmericaRadio) January 10, 2016

Think Obama will invite heroic Officer Jesse Hartnett to the #SOTU?

Oh, right…no room…Syrian refugee…

— Blue State Snooze (@BlueSnoozeBlue) January 10, 2016

Others who will be sitting in FLOTUS’ box during the SOTU:

Joining First Lady at SOTU: Microsoft CEO, a DREAMer, an ACA navigator, a Syrian refugee, and a partner of one of the San Bernadino victims

— Nancy Cordes (@nancycordes) January 10, 2016

The White House has promised that Obama’s final State of the Union speech will be a “non-traditional” one.

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