U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to Republican and Democratic governors to continue working across political divides to improve Americans’ lives and rebuild the economy after the hardships brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Reuters
Republican Governor Spencer Cox of Utah, vice-chair of the National Governors Association, said it was “very symbolic” to have Republicans and Democrats “breaking bread together” at the White House.
Country-western singer Brad Paisley played guitar and performed his song “American Saturday Night” after the dinner, telling the crowd he had swapped out the second line of the song “because it mentioned Russia and I don’t do that anymore.”
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