{"id":1044568,"date":"2021-11-22T14:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044568"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:59:21","slug":"blackburn-china-unsafe-for-our-athletes-why-would-we-send-them-into-this-type-of-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-china-unsafe-for-our-athletes-why-would-we-send-them-into-this-type-of-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn: China &#039;Unsafe for Our Athletes&#039; &#8212; Why Would We Send Them into this &#039;Type of Environment?&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fblackburn-china-unsafe-for-our-athletes-why-would-we-send-them-into-this-type-of-environment%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=1044568&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1193154911-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) voiced her concern for athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics in 2022 in response to&nbsp;missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai.<\/p>\n<p>Shuai\u2019s disappearance followed allegations of sexual assault she made against a senior Chinese Communist Party official.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Blackburn questioned why the U.S. Olympic Committee would send the nation\u2019s athletes to China while it seems \u201cunsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>I think this is standard operating procedure for the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d Blackburn told Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures.\u201d \u201cAnd, Maria, what we have to realize is that the Chinese Communist Party \u2014 they are much more aggressive than what the Russians and the communists were when we go back through the Cold War era. But this is something that is continuing as Secretary of State Pompeo had said before he left office, they were committing this genocide against the Uighurs. The Chinese Communist Party has no value for life. If you are not going to toe the line, then they are going to disappear you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cAnd this is why we think it is unsafe for our athletes to go to the Olympics in Beijing. This is something that seems to be happening \u2026 more regularly, so why would the U.S. Olympic Committee send our athletes into this type of environment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) voiced her concern for athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics in 2022 in response to\u00a0missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. 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