Those watching President Donald Trump’s “Pledge to America’s Workers” event Thursday saw Trump call a Butler native up to speak to the crowd.

Brianna DeAngelo is working as a commercial electrician apprentice at Gaylor Electric in Greenwood, Ind. She went to the event in Washington, D.C., representing her generation of trade workers as Trump aimed to promote job training programs.

“I’m standing here today for my daughter — 3 years old,” DeAngelo said at the event. “She’s got a long way to go, but I’m standing here for her, and women, so they can see that they don’t have to conform to what society says they have to. You can do anything.

“I’m going to be an electrician in two years.”

Trump signed an executive order creating a national council to help promote workforce training throughout the country. Several large companies were noted as cosigning an effort to create 3.8 million job opportunities as part of the campaign.

Larry Sequete, DeAngelo’s grandfather, spoke to the Butler Eagle Thursday about seeing DeAngelo with the president.

“I was at the doctor’s office when it started, and I had to go in before she came on,” Sequete said. “I looked it up on YouTube right after.”

Sequete enjoyed Trump’s speech.

“I was kind of amazed,” Sequete said. “I don’t know what’s gonna come out of that guy’s mouth most of the time. He did it with a lot of respect for those people.”

DeAngelo wasn’t the lone representative from Gaylor Electric at the White House. The company CEO, Chuck Goodrich, was also in attendance. DeAngelo sent Sequete a photo of her, Goodrich and Ivanka Trump.

Sequete liked his daughter’s message about women in the trade workforce. He said she’s been the only woman in the room at certain stages of her apprenticing.

“We’re going to see more women on these job paths,” Sequete said. “I like what she’s doing. There’s a lot of work out there (in Greenwood) for her. She’s working hard.”