The state of the union is divided.
This month, US President Donald Trump will address Congress in his first State of the Union address — and in the audience may be a group of people whose stories served as a major political fault line in 2017: survivors of sexual assault.
Congressional Democrats, led by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), are planning to invite survivors of sexual assault to attend the speech on Jan. 30, NBC News reports. Each congressional representative is allowed one guest at the State of the Union, while the president and speaker of the house can invite up to 24 guests.
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“Some members will be bringing survivors of sexual assault and advocates as their guests,” a Frankel aide, who asked not to be named, told NBC.
This isn’t the only way female lawmakers plan to broach the topic of sexual assault at the event.
NBC also reported that members of the Democratic Women's Working Group will wear black to the “State of the Union” in solidarity with victims of sexual assault. This follows in the footsteps of the many women in Hollywood who wore black gowns to the Golden Globes in protest of industry-wide sexual harassment and assault claims.
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The #MeToo movement, which has seen sexual assault claims topple powerful men in the media and entertainment industries, has also moved into the political sphere, with one senator, Al Franken (D-MN), and two representatives, Trent Franks (R-AZ), and John Conyers (D-MI), resigning from their posts amidst sexual harassment allegations.
Trump has also been accused by 17 women of sexual misconduct, according to Newsweek. But, according to the NBC report, none of his accusers would be among the invitees.
On Tuesday, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) called on male and female members of both parties to wear black in solidarity with the movement, according to the Hill.
"This is a culture change that is sweeping the country and Congress is embracing it,” Speier told the Hill in a statement.
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In November of last year, Speier was one of two women, along with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), to introduce bipartisan legislation to “prevent and respond to sexual harassment” in Congress.
Called the ME TOO Act, the bill would amend the 1995 Congressional Accountability Act, through which “260 settlements and more than $15 million have permanently silenced victims of all types of workplace discrimination,” according to Speier.
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Whether Trump will address sexual harassment in the State of the Union speech remains to be seen. But in just over two weeks, when the President stands in front of Congress to speak about the state of the union, he may also look out at a number of survivors who are hoping their voices have been heard.