Dozens of Texans are heading to Washington to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, including a progressive Gen Z activist, a Navy lieutenant who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine and a host of local politicians.
Olivia Julianna, an 18-year-old from Sugar Land, is shown Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021 in Houston. She was one of the TikTokers who hatched a plan to sabotage a pro-life group's"whistleblower" website by encouraging her peers to flood the website with fake complaints."We grew up on Divergent and Hunger Games and all these things," Julianna said, referring to the dystopian books and movies."They taught us to fight for what we believe in.
“A lot of young people and a lot of Texans can lose hope at times about the state of our state and make you feel like there's not a lot of people there who are pushing and moving towards progress,” Julianna said. “My goal is to constantly remind people that Texas is worth fighting for, and there are a lot of people just like me in that state who really do love and care about all the people there and want to do right by all of my fellow Texans.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will bring Levi Beaird, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Beaird, of Fort Worth, was threatened with a discharge from the Navy after he decided not to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even though he filed a Religious Accommodation Request.
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