First Lady picks a student bullied for having the name 'Trump' to be her guest at State of the Union

When President Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, First Lady Melania Trump will be flanked by more than a dozen invited guests in the balcony -- and one of them is raising eyebrows.

Most of the 13 guests scheduled to sit with FLOTUS are expected choices: a young girl who has survived cancer, the father of a fallen military member, a first responder, and a synagogue member who survived the Tree of Life mass shooting in Pittsburgh.

But one young man, meant to represent FLOTUS' "Be Best" anti-bullying campaign, stands out for one very specific reason.

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Yes, of all the bullied children in the D.C metro area, not to mention the entire country, Melania chose a child with the same last name as hers. That's not to make light of the bullying Joshua has experienced, but it does emphasize where the Trumps' real concerns lie: squarely with themselves.

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The reactions to Melania's choice largely focused on how the Trumps have managed to make a child's suffering about themselves at the expense of the many other children who experience bullying.

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It's also worth nothing that at least one study has confirmed what educators across the country have reported: Bullying has gone up in areas that voted for Trump.

Meanwhile, Democrats are sending a message with their invited guests, especially those who are running in the 2020 election. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand has invited Blake Dremann, a transgender member of the Navy, which is seen as a direct rebuke of Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military.

Sen. Gillibrand isn't the only one, though, as three Democratic members of the House of Representatives -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, Rep. Chris Pappas, and Rep. Jackie Speier -- will do the same.

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Sen. Kamala Harris is bringing Trisha Pesiri-Dybvik, a Southern California woman who lost her home in one of 2018's terrible series of wildfires and who, along with her husband, was furloughed as air traffic controllers during the recent government shutdown.

And Rep. Coleman Watson has invited Victorina Morales, the undocumented worker at Trump's Bedminster, NJ golf club who shared her story with the New York Times.

So, on Tuesday night, the capitol will be a swirl of political division, and one young boy will find himself in the middle.