Fired federal workers are among the guests invited to Trump's speech to Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Other guests rely on Medicaid.
52% : Here's a sampling: Other Democrats are bringing constituents who depend on Medicaid for health insurance and life-saving care, including: Two California Democrats are bringing firefighters who battled the Los Angeles fires earlier this year, highlighting the need for federal aid in the region as well as better treatment for federal firefighters.
51% : " Many of the Democrats' guests are former federal workers who were laid off from various agencies as part of the government restructuring initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
50% : The view as President Trump delivered a State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2018.
23% : On Tuesday, the White House named roughly a dozen invitees, meant to bring "incredible stories about the disaster wrought by the previous administration, and the historic achievements President Trump has already enacted to usher in the Golden Age of America.
12% : " The guests include family members of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray, who were killed by men in the U.S. without legal status; as well as anti-transgender advocates, the relatives of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed at the rally where Trump survived an assassination attempt and Marc Fogel, the American teacher that Trump helped free from Russian prison last month. Democrats, on the other hand, are bringing people they say have been hurt by Trump's policies. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has urged Democrats to "elevate the stories of everyday Americans who are being harmed in real time by House Republicans and the Trump administration.

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