Speaker Mike Johnson reveals who he's inviting to State of the Union
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Speaker Mike Johnson said on Feb. 23, that the family of a slain Louisiana police officer will be invited to the State of the Union on Feb. 24.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, said on Monday, Feb. 23, that the family of a slain Louisiana police officer will be among his invited guests during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
In an interview with Fox News, Johnson said he invited the mother and fiancée of Marc Tyler Brock to the State of the Union tomorrow night.
"It is my profound honor to host Shirley Brock-Dennis and Kambreigh Smith — the respective mother and fiancée of Vivian Police Officer Marc Brock — as my guests for the State of the Union address. In November, Officer Brock was tragically killed in the line of duty,” Johnson told the outlet.
Apart from Brock’s family, Johnson also invited Ziba Murat, the daughter of an Uygur doctor who has been imprisoned in China for more than seven years.
Brock, who was 25 at the time of his death in November 2025, was killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant against a man who had been charged with cyberstalking in Vivian, Louisiana, some 195 miles east of Dallas, according to local outlet KLFY.
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