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Parkland Parents, New Venezuelan Diplomat, Will Be Among Guests At Trump’s State Of Union

WLRN 91.3 FM | By Monique O. Madan

Published February 5, 2019 at 11:51 AM EST

Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg, who was killed in the Parkland massacre, holds a photo of Jaime as he listens to questions from reporters in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in March 2018.

Three Parkland fathers, the Venezuelan U.S. diplomat recently appointed by that country’s opposition leader, and others connected to South Florida will be in the national spotlight Tuesday during President Trump’s State of the Union speech in Washington.

They were among those invited by Florida members of the Senate or House to sit in the House of Representatives chamber to listen to Trump’s address, his second since taking office. Other invited guests include a South Florida Dreamer, a Miami women’s healthcare advocate and the wife of a Coast Guard member affected by the partial government shutdown.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., invited Carlos Vecchio, diplomatic representative of the newly established opposition government of Venezuela.

Read more at our news partner, the Miami Herald.