The White House is defending a Wall Street Journal reporter who has faced online harassment since asking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question about human rights during his state visit last week.
over Modi’s state visit, particularly given that Biden has been outspoken about the importance of democracy prevailing over autocracy.
Siddiqui first asked Biden about his comments at a recent fundraiser where he had called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator, and about what his message was to those who argued his administration was overlooking the targeting of religious minorities and crackdown on dissent in India under Modi.
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