White House Glows in Red, White, Blue ahead of Beijing Olympics

The White House was illuminated in red, white and blue to cheer for the USA team USA ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics Games.

The White House tweeted a photo of the patriotic light arrangement on Thursday night, on the eve of the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing.

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"Tonight the White House is lit up in red, white, and blue in support of all the Olympians and Paralympians proudly representing our country," the White House said. "Go Team USA!"

Although the United States is one of many countries taking part in a diplomatic boycott of this year's Games, American athletes are still competing in Beijing.

"The athletes on Team USA have our full support, we will be behind them 100 percent as we cheer them on from home," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said while announcing the boycott in early December.

"We will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games. U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the PRC's egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang, and we simply can’t do that," Psaki added, referring to China by its official name.

Moreover, she affirmed that President Biden won't attend the Olympics in person but will "absolutely" watch the Games from Washington, D.C.