Oops: Guests invited to Trump’s State of the ‘Uniom’ speech
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's misspellings have become legendary—"covfefe," anyone?—but a glaring typo on tickets for the president's State of the Union speech Tuesday has some lawmakers crying for spell check.
Tickets to the prime-time speech before a joint session of Congress were printed inviting lawmakers and guests to the State of the "Uniom," lawmakers and officials said Monday.
"Just received my ticket for the State of the Union. Looks like @BetsyDeVosED was in charge of spell checking... #SOTUniom," tweeted House Democrat Raul Grijalva, referring to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has advocated policies that critics say undermine the public education system.
Grijalva's tweet also included a photograph of the offending ticket.
Just received my ticket for the State of the Union. Looks like @BetsyDeVosEd was in charge of spell checking... #SOTUniom pic.twitter.com/ZgFTGtTkzv
— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) January 29, 2018
The White House is not responsible for the error. The printing is overseen by the Sergeant at Arms of the US House of Representatives, whose office on Monday acknowledged the snafu.
"There was a misprint on the ticket," a Sergeant at Arms spokesman told AFP.
"It was corrected immediately, and our office is redistributing the tickets."
But not before a few lawmakers got some ribbing in.
"Looking forward to tomorrow's State of the Uniom," tweeted Republican Senator Marco Rubio.
Looking forward to tomorrow’s State of the Uniom. pic.twitter.com/xdBUU3Pvo5
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 29, 2018
The internet also got its digs in:
Is it possible that "President Donald Trump" is also a typo?https://t.co/EF0i817pZ1
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 30, 2018
"State of the Uniom"
— Edan Clay ???? (@EdanClay) January 29, 2018
Elect a moron, he'll hire a staff of morons.
And somewhere in the Capitol, an worker in the print shop cackles with delight over his State of the Uniom handy work.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 29, 2018
“Welcome to The Resistance,” he whispers.
Seriously? The State of the Uniom? Get it together, @GOP https://t.co/5XrNvVeBsq
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) January 29, 2018
Have to miss the State of Uniom. Going to covfefe in Nambia and Normay
— Luisa Haynes (@wokeluisa) January 29, 2018
At my State of the Uniom address, my advisors warned me that some people in the audience HATE me and will bring in guests to try to intimidate me and send me a message. BUT IT WON’T WORK Melania! I’m NOT SCARED of your lawyers! #SOTU
— Donald J. Trump (@RealDonaldTrFan) January 29, 2018
On the spelling front, Trump has been a presidential trailblazer. He has routinely posted tweets containing errors, including one on the day after his January 20, 2017 inauguration, in which he wrote he was "honered" to serve as the nation's 45th president. — Agence France-Presse