According to a report in The Boston Globe on Saturday, the Massachusetts Democrat invited Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King to accompany him.
“I have served for almost 19 years,” King told The Globe. “And all of a sudden, it is all hanging in the balance.”
“You’re trying to work up the courage to make that leap, and once you do, gravity does the rest,” she added.
King realized she was transgender in 2013 at the end of her last deployment and was the first service member to have the military pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
“There are much easier ways to get surgery covered than enlisting in the military, [facing] the possibility of deployment, and dealing with the stigma of being a transgender service member,” she said.
“Every one of us who raises our right hand is prepared to give everything in the defense of our country.”
Patricia King represents the best and bravest our nation offers. She will make our Commonwealth and our country proud at the State of the Union on Tuesday night. https://t.co/Y9PgbhZihx
Kennedy, the grandson of the late Robert Kennedy, will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, Democratic leaders announced Thursday. They called Kennedy a “relentless fighter for working Americans.”
Rep. Joe Kennedy III will deliver the Democratic response to the president's State of the Union address Tuesday. (Photo: Rick Friedman/Getty Images)
In a statement on the invitation and upcoming response by Kennedy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke of Kennedy’s understanding of the American people:
“While President Trump has consistently broken his promises to the middle class, Congressman Kennedy profoundly understands the challenges facing hard-working men and women across the country.”
Tuesday night’s State of the Union will be the first of Trump’s presidency.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speaks during a news conference September 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks to reporters on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
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