Tucker Carlson angers BTS fans after ridiculing the boyband’s White House visit

nme.com:

Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News, has angered BTS fans with comments he made about the boyband’s White House visit.The K-pop juggernauts had visited the White House on May 31 to meet President Joe Biden and take part in a press briefing.

During the event, the boyband addressed the issue of “Asian inclusion and representation” and discussed their roles “as youth ambassadors who spread a message of hope and positivity across the world”.Following the boyband’s address at the White House, the Carlson slammed Biden for inviting the boyband and ridiculed BTS’ appearance on an episode of his show. “Things have gotten very bad for Joe Biden, both public-facing and internally,” Carlson told viewers.“What are they doing about it?

Well, they broke glass in case of emergency and invited a Korean pop group to speak at the White House today,” he quipped. “Yeah, so we got a Korean pop group to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States.

Okay. Good job, guys.”Things are going so poorly at the White House that even the media can no longer ignore it. pic.twitter.com/wmqZxpi81r— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 1, 2022BTS fans, also officially known as ARMYs, were quick to push back against the Fox News talk show host for his comments. “So the most influential band in the world speaks about Asian hate, because their words actually make a difference and that’s bad?” wrote one fan.