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Biden Honors California Shooting Victims at Lunar New Year Event

  • White House marks Lunar New Year days after recent shootings
  • California shootings have renewed fears of anti-Asian violence
Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Lunar New Year at the White House on Thursday.

Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Lunar New Year at the White House on Thursday.

Photographer: Susan Walsh/AP Photo

President Joe Biden said the Asian-American community had experienced profound “pain and violence” as he marked the Lunar New Year at a White House event just days after a deadly mass shooting at a celebration in California left 11 people dead.

“Our prayers are with the people of Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay after yet another spree of gun violence in America,” Biden said Thursday evening. “As a nation, we have to be there with you.”