SOTU Crowd Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ To Holocaust And Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Survivor

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During Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech, the crowd in the Capitol sang an impromptu rendition of “Happy Birthday” for one of President Trump’s guests, Judah Samet, a survivor of the Holocaust and the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue last year.

Samet turned 81 years old on Tuesday.

Watch the moment:

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