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Lina Hidalgo, Mayor Turner schmooze with John Legend at Biden’s White House state dinner
Newly reelected Harris County Decide Lina Hidalgo and Mayor Sylvester Turner have been company of President Joe Biden at his first state dinner Thursday night time on the White Home. It was a high-profile affair stuffed with highly effective figures.
It was additionally an opportunity for the Houston politicians to schmooze with just a few A-listers.
Hidalgo posted a photograph Thursday night time on Instagram alongside singer John Legend and his spouse Chrissy Teigen. Within the caption, Hidalgo reiterated her deliberate speaking factors with the president that included “how we are able to work extra carefully with the Biden Administration to strengthen our native financial system, shield girls’s rights, develop childhood training, lead the power transition and shield democracy.”
In a second Instagram publish, Hidalgo was joined by Mayor Sylvester Turner and Home Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.
“We’re proud to characterize Houston & Harris County on the White Home,” she wrote.
John Legend and Mayor Sylvester Turner on the White Home state dinner.
Turner additionally posed alongside Legend, a RodeoHouston favourite who has taken the rotating stage thrice; Vice President Kamala Harris, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer.
Mayor Sylvester Turner, Vice President Kamala Harris and visitor on the White Home state dinner.
Turner wrote that he was “humbled and honored” to attend the occasion, hosted in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse, Brigitte Macron.
Put up-event, Hidalgo stated she was “thrilled to have celebrated democracy and decency, two ideas that bind our nations.. She known as it “a exceptional dinner stuffed with pleasure and productive conversations.”
Lina Hidalgo and Grammy-winning performer Jon Batiste.
Hidalgo additionally included a photograph with Grammy-winning performer Jon Batiste and thanked him for his expertise. The New Orleans native, who gained 5 Grammys earlier this yr, supplied leisure on the dinner.