State of the Union 2023: Scalise invites coroner as guest to highlight fentanyl deaths

By Cami Mondeaux

Published February 7, 2023 3:51pm ET

State of the Union 2023: Scalise invites coroner as guest to highlight fentanyl deaths — House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., joined from left by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., as he renewed his criticism of the Democratic leadership for not stripping Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee in the wake of anti-semitism accusations, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) will bring a local coroner from Louisiana as his guest to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in an attempt to highlight the rise in fentanyl deaths nationwide.

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