Obama Will Leave Seat Empty At State Of The Union For Gun Violence Victims

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)
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The White House announced Friday afternoon a seat at the President’s final State of the Union address guest box will be left empty to honor the victims of gun violence.

President Barack Obama said Wednesday the speech will lay out his goals for his last year and what “big things” Americans can do after he’s left office.

The State of the Union is Jan. 12 at 9 p.m. ET.

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  1. AKA - something for the GOP to cry about.

  2. One more dumb theatric by Obama!

  3. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Yawnnnnnnn yawnnnnnnnnn

  4. And the GOP used the empty chair theatric at the 2012 convention… That was the weird Clint Eastwood fail. Somehow I think the SOTU setting will be more effective as a symbol.

  5. Think of it as a translation device for the empathy impaired.

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