{"id":1040724,"date":"2021-11-21T15:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T20:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040724"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T20:14:22","slug":"cruz-on-upcoming-beijing-olympics-we-need-to-go-over-there-and-kick-their-commie-aes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-on-upcoming-beijing-olympics-we-need-to-go-over-there-and-kick-their-commie-aes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz On Upcoming Beijing Olympics: We Need To \u2018Go Over There And Kick Their Commie A**es\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-on-upcoming-beijing-olympics-we-need-to-go-over-there-and-kick-their-commie-aes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told CBS News on Sunday that he does not support a full boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because it would punish U.S. athletes who have trained for years to be able to compete in the games and because the U.S. needs to \u201ckick their commie a**es.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been leaning in hard saying we ought to move the Olympics out of China, that\u2019s what we should have done,\u201d Cruz told \u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan. \u201cThe IOC refused to do that. I think it\u2019s a mistake to have a full boycott of the Olympics. You know, Jimmy Carter tried that in the 1970s. All it did was punish a generation of athletes. We\u2019ve got young men and young women, Americans, who spent their whole lives practicing for this moment. I don\u2019t want to punish those young athletes. What we ought to do \u2014 I do agree with the notion of a so-called diplomatic boycott \u2014 which means we don\u2019t send high ranking cabinet officials over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also think it\u2019s important we do two things at the Olympics in China,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cNumber one, that we actually show the courage the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is showing to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, the lies, the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese communist government, to speak the truth. And then number two, I really hope our young men and women that they go over there and kick their commie a**es. We need to win in the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who joins us from Houston. Good morning to you, Senator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SENATOR TED CRUZ (R-TX): Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Overnight, you did see Chinese state run media release images of tennis player Peng Shuai in Beijing. It\u2019s the first time she\u2019s been seen in two weeks since she mysteriously disappeared after criticizing and claiming that one of the former leaders of China committed sexual assault against her. Do you have any idea what is going on here?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. CRUZ: Well, we don\u2019t know for sure, but there are reasons to be deeply, deeply skeptical. Peng Shuai was one of the best tennis players in the world. She\u2019s the first Chinese player ever to be ranked number one in the world in doubles for women\u2019s or men\u2019s. And she posted on social<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told CBS News on Sunday that he does not support a full boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because it would punish U.S. athletes who have trained for years to be able to compete in the games and because the U.S. needs to \u201ckick their commie a**es.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ve been leaning in hard saying we ought to move the Olympics out of China, that\u2019s what we should have done,\u201d Cruz told \u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan. \u201cThe IOC refused to do that. I think it\u2019s a mistake to have a full boycott of the Olympics. You know, Jimmy Carter tried that in the 1970s. All it did was punish a generation of athletes. We\u2019ve got young men and young women, Americans, who spent their whole lives practicing for this moment. I don\u2019t want to punish those young athletes. What we ought to do \u2014 I do agree with the notion of a so-called diplomatic boycott \u2014 which means we don\u2019t send high ranking cabinet officials over there.\u201d\u201cBut I also think it\u2019s important we do two things at the Olympics in China,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cNumber one, that we actually show the courage the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is showing to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, the lies, the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese communist government, to speak the truth. And then number two, I really hope our young men and women that they go over there and kick their commie a**es. We need to win in the Olympics.\u201dMARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who joins us from Houston. Good morning to you, Senator.SENATOR TED CRUZ (R-TX): Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you.MARGARET BRENNAN: Overnight, you did see Chinese state run media release images of tennis player Peng Shuai in Beijing. It\u2019s the first time she\u2019s been seen in two weeks since she mysteriously disappeared after criticizing and claiming that one of the former leaders of China committed sexual assault against her. Do you have any idea what is going on here?SEN. CRUZ: Well, we don\u2019t know for sure, but there are reasons to be deeply, deeply skeptical. Peng Shuai was one of the best tennis players in the world. She\u2019s the first Chinese player ever to be ranked number one in the world in doubles for women\u2019s or men\u2019s. And she posted on social media a serious allegation of sexual assault. Sexual assault by the former vice premier of China, by a former member of the Politburo Standing Committee. And within 30 minutes, the Chinese communist government caused that accusation of sexual assault to miraculously disappear. And since that point Peng Shuai has not been seen. Now\u2013MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013Should the U.S. be doing more?\u2013SEN. CRUZ: After there was criticism, after everyone noticed she disappeared, they put out, there was an email that claimed to be from her that frankly read like a bad \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d like a hostage email. And these latest images that the Chinese government is putting out, they\u2019re trying to pretend everything is OK. But I got to say, the Women\u2019s Tennis Association has been extraordinary standing up to China. They have been defending this athlete. They\u2019ve been calling on China to have full and complete transparency, and the Chinese communist government is flabbergasted because they\u2019re not used to seeing sports leagues\u2013MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013Right\u2013SEN. CRUZ: \u2013or- or- or big corporate interests stand up to them. I really commend\u2013MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013Right\u2013SEN. CRUZ: \u2013the Women\u2019s Tennis Association for putting their players first.MARGARET BRENNAN: Right. And I know you and I have talked about that in the past, when sports leagues don\u2019t do that. But so despite concern right now that China is carrying out, actively, a genocide against Muslims in that country, it\u2019s still set to hold the Olympics in three months. President Biden has said he\u2019s considering a diplomatic boycott. Do you think he should go further because other 2024 presidential candidates, and I know you are considered to be likely one of them, are really kind of competing to be as hard line as they possibly can on China. Nikki Haley, Tom Cotton say this should be a full boycott. Do you support one?SEN. CRUZ: Yeah. So, listen, I\u2019ve been leaning in hard saying we ought to move the Olympics out of China, that\u2019s what we should have done. The IOC refused to do that. I think it\u2019s a mistake to have a full boycott of the Olympics. You know, Jimmy Carter tried that in the 1970s. All it did was punish a generation of athletes. We\u2019ve got young men and young women, Americans, who spent their whole lives practicing for this moment. I don\u2019t want to punish those young athletes. What we ought to do \u2014 I do agree with the notion of a so-called diplomatic boycott\u2013MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013You agree with President Biden?\u2013SEN. CRUZ: \u2013which means we don\u2019t send high ranking cabinet officials over there. We don\u2019t send \u2014 we try to minimize the attention. But I also think it\u2019s important we do two things at the Olympics in China. Number one, that we actually show the courage the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is showing to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, the lies, the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese communist government, to speak the truth. And then number two, I really hope our young men and women that they go over there and kick their commie a**es. We need to win in the Olympics.MARGARET BRENNAN: OK. Putting that aside, there are, on a practical level, corporations who spend a ton of money on sponsorships around the Olympics: Coca-Cola, Google, Procter and Gamble. They\u2019re all Olympic sponsors. Should they still go ahead with those activities?SEN. CRUZ: Look, I think it makes sense for corporations to cut off their ads. I\u2019d love to see corporations show a tiny bit of courage. You know, when China engages in horrific slave labor, companies like Nike turn a blind eye. When you look at the NBA, I\u2019m a die-hard hoops fan, the NBA\u2019s reaction to China\u2019s terrible. Terrible. They\u2019re terrified of upsetting the Chinese communist dictators. They value the money so much that in fact, you know, you and I both remember when Daryl Morey, who was the general manager of the Rockets, sent one little innocuous tweet about Hong Kong and the NBA bent over backwards groveling to the Chinese communists. I was in Hong Kong at the time. In fact, you and I did a show at that time.MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.SEN. CRUZ: \u2013I dressed in all black in solidarity with the Hong Kong protesters.MARGARET BRENNAN: Right.SEN. CRUZ: \u2013I understand why the NBA did it. They\u2019re looking at hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars. I understand why Nike does it. But you know, what is really impressive about the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is they\u2019ve said they will cancel their matches in China. They will give up tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars if Peng Shuai is not released, if there isn\u2019t transparency. That\u2019s the kind of courage we need other players to have.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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