FLASHBACK: John Kennedy Rips The Chinese Communist Party, Says ‘You Can’t Trust’ Them ‘Ever’
Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday during an interview with Fox News that the world should “push back” against the Chinese Communist Party because they can’t be trusted.
“You can’t trust the Chinese Communist Party. Ever. I wouldn’t turn my back on them if they were two days dead,” Kennedy told host Ed Henry. (RELATED: REPORT: Olympic Athletes Have Been Told To Stay Silent On Human Rights Violations While Competing In China)
JOHN KENNEDY: “You can’t trust the Chinese Communist Party ever. I wouldn’t turn my back on them if they were two days dead.” pic.twitter.com/Psi6amHCOe
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Kennedy attributed the country’s rise to the “weeniness of world leaders” and said the United Kingdom never should have given up Hong Kong to China in 1997. Kennedy also added the United States may need to revoke the special trade status with Hong Kong since China is taking over the region.
“For 20 years, the experts and many world leaders have said to be patient with China,” Kennedy said. “Free enterprise will change them. Well, they changed free enterprise.”
Kennedy added it’s “important to distinguish between the people of China and the Chinese Communist Party, which is populated by thugs.”
“Weakness invites the wolves,” Kennedy said. “That’s all the Chinese Communist Party understands. We’ve got to push back and encourage the rest of the world and encourage them to do so including but not limited to sanctions.”
Kennedy said that he would “probably” support H.R. 6256, a bill that would impose sanctions on China. H.R. 6256 bans imports from Xinjiang, which is China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It also imposes sanctions on foreigners responsible for forced labor in the region.
China has detained about 2 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in reeducation camps, according to Axios. In January 2021, the U.S. State Department under then-President Donald Trump declared China’s policies against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region constitutes genocide.
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