Finally, pictures of the POTUS-BTS meet are out! The closed-door meet took place IST post 1 am Wednesday morning. Early pictures released by the White House showed the sensational septet at the press briefing room. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was in attendance. Outside the White House, fans gathered in large numbers, hoping to catch a glimpse of BTS members.
The K-pop group did not take questions from reporters and left the briefing room to meet with US President Joe Biden. Footage shared by Biden on Twitter shows him welcoming the seven members of BTS to the White House.
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Anti-Asian sentiments in the United States and crimes targeting Asians have been on the rise since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
“This is an important month here in America. A lot of our Asian American friends have been subject to real discrimination,” Biden is seen telling the K-pop group. The boys, in turn, thanked POTUS for validating the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act into a law.
The coronavirus pandemic was responsible in large part for the rise in anti-Asian sentiments. Biden’s Republican predecessor Donald Trump often blamed the pandemic, which originated with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, as “the China virus” and also mocked the deadly virus as “kung flu.”
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