BTS joins President Joe Biden at White House, delivers powerful speech against rising anti-Asian hate crimes

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BTS joined White House press decretary Karine Jean-Pierre before meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss rising anti-Asian hate crimes in the country on the last day of AAPI Heritage Month Tuesday.

The seven members of the K-Pop band from South Korea were on hand at the lectern of the James Brady Briefing Room, where they condemned the growing trend of hate crimes against the AAPI community, in addition to advocating for the importance of Asian representation.

At one point during the live YouTube broadcast, more than 310,000 viewers tuned into a live stream of the press briefing on the White House’s channel, a stark contrast to the usual 10,000+ viewers averaged on any given press conference.The video has since been uploaded and amassed thousands more views.

Jean-Pierre began the briefing on the final day of Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by welcoming the international group as "special guests" to the briefing room.