Biden to welcome Stanley Cup winners Tampa Bay Lightning to White House

WASHINGTON : U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to the White House on Monday to celebrate the National Hockey League team's back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, as he and his fellow Democrats battle with the Republican governor running the team's home state of Florida.

The team was unable to visit the White House earlier to celebrate their 2020 and 2021 wins due to COVID-19 concerns. The team's 2004 victory, the Lightning's first-ever Stanley Cup win, was not celebrated by then-President George W. Bush amid an NHL labor dispute. DeSantis, who is trying to bolster his conservative credentials ahead of a possible run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, last week took on Walt Disney Co. after the company expressed its opposition to a new state law limiting discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools.

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