On January 17 , U.S. Representative Sean Duffy invited U.S. Army veteran Ricky Taylor , better known by his Twitter username as " Deplorable Vet " , to be his guest at the address after Taylor sought to take Maxine Waters ' unused seats . Representative Jim Bridenstine , who was nominated by Trump to be NASA administrator , invited Bill Nye on January 18 to be his guest at the address . On January 24 , U.S. Senator John Hoeven announced that Miss America Cara Mund was his guest at the address . Representative Kevin Cramer invited Tommy Fisher , a corporate executive whose company was given a contract to develop a prototype for construction of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico , to attend the address . On January 26 , Representative Carlos Curbelo announced he was inviting a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program . Representative Kevin Yoder announced on January 27 that he was inviting the widow of Srinivas Kuchibhotla , an Indian immigrant who was killed in the 2017 Olathe , Kansas shooting
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