Published 17:56 IST, July 11th 2020

BTS is ‘Big Time Socialists’ & K-pop is ‘foreign propaganda’, claims US politician

BTS are now accused of being ‘socialist’ and being a part of ‘foreign propaganda’ as per a congressional candidate KW Miller. Read report.

Reported by: Shrishaila Bhandary
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Korean pop idols generally stay away from any political alignments. According to reports, manment companies have strict policies over K-pop idol talking about anything related to political influences. However, a congressional candidate from United States of America is w claiming that K-pop is ‘foreign propaganda’ and K-pop juggernauts BTS or Bangtan Sonyeondan, are ‘socialists’. Politician KW Miller is making se ardent claims through his Twitter posts. group’s fan base is w confused and thinking about what exactly accusations mean. social media post in question was flooded with ‘confused’ reactions from followers of K-pop.

Here is what he shared:

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KW Miller on BTS and K-pop 

US politician KW Miller is t only blaming BTS but also dragging K-pop’s involvement in politics in US. remarks and allegations come after wayward turut of audience for President Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally in June. As per reports, over one million people were registered to be a part of rally. However, people in few thousands turned up. reason behind low turut was pseudo reservations made by K-pop stans and group of TikTok users. As per reports, it was youth’s way of showing disapproval of president running for second term. main aim of youth was to ‘spoil rally’ as per media reports.

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K-pop and TikTok reserved for Tulsa and didn't attend

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politician wrote, “Last month @AOC worked with KPOP nts via app TikTok to sabot President's rally. KPOP is foreign propaganda. Why was AOC conspiring with Koreans such as Junkook and BTS (Big Time Socialists) to undermine our President? TikTok is Chinese owned. Kim Jong Un knew?.”  claims mentioned Kim Jong Un, however, he is from rth Korea and t South and tweet also mentions Chinese involvement. politician's bizarre tweet was called out by many Twitteratis.

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politician did t stop as he continued to question congress. He wished that ‘K-pop fans be tried for treason in court’. KW Miller is kwn to throw shade at several celebrities. He had recently accused Beyonce of being a ‘fake’ African-American race person. He claimed that Beyonce is Italian. He had also accused Zendaya of illicit actions involving Disney.

He continued to post following:

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re was sheer confusion created in comments section of post 

Promo Im Credits: BTS Instagram and KW Miller Twitter

17:55 IST, July 11th 2020