There Are Two Typos On the State of the Union Ticket, So Let's All Give Up Now
We still have 24 hours before the big show, but it appears things are already off to an iffy start for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address.
On Monday, photos of this year’s SOTU tickets began to surface on social media and showed they came with not one, but two embarrassing typos. Clear as day, on the blue and black tickets it invited guests to attend the “State of the Uniom” instead of Union.
“This will be the last year I go to a scalper for tickets to the ‘State of the Uniom,'” Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joked on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/CongressmanRaja/status/958084168340078593
And while certainly funny, it sort of sucks to be working in the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, as they are the ones who print and provide the tickets for spouses and guests of members of Congress. Now, they will have to reprint and reissue every ticket they gave out to ensure the right information is provided, according to CNN.
“Just received my ticket for the State of the Union. Looks like Betsy DeVos was in charge of spell checking,” Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona wrote in a tweet.
https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/958072500545556481
Even Republicans got in on the joke, with leaders like Sen. Marco Rubio tweeting about the error.
Though “Uniom” wasn’t the only error to be printed on the ticket. As Buzzfeed astutely pointed out, the ticket also refers to the “Visitor’s Gallery.” However, according to the Office of Art & Archives, it should read Visitors’ Gallery.
According to a Sergeant at Arms spokesperson, this is likely the first time State of the Union tickets have had to be reissued.
“Sometimes the colors and little details change and obviously the dates,” he told Buzzfeed. “But I don’t recall [the need to reprint due to an error] happening before.”
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