Ted Budd, Thom Tillis invite family of North Carolinan held hostage to State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) said he and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) invited the family of Keith Siegel, a North Carolina native and Hamas hostage, to be their guests at the State of the Union Address, to be delivered by President Biden on Thursday night.
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According to representatives from Budd, Siegel’s niece and sister Lucy accepted the invitation.
Siegel is one of six Americans being held hostage by Hamas amid the group's ongoing war with Israel.
“The American people cannot forget that six of our fellow citizens are being held hostage by Hamas terrorists for more than 150 days,” Budd said in a statement.
“While it is a great relief that Aviva has been released, we are still working to secure Keith’s freedom from Hamas captivity,” Tillis said in a statement.
The State of the Union Address airs at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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