{"id":1090268,"date":"2021-12-06T14:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1090268"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:43:41","slug":"psaki-confirms-diplomatic-boycott-of-winter-olympics-citing-chinas-ongoing-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-confirms-diplomatic-boycott-of-winter-olympics-citing-chinas-ongoing-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Confirms Diplomatic Boycott Of Winter Olympics, Citing China\u2019s \u2018Ongoing Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fpsaki-confirms-diplomatic-boycott-of-winter-olympics-citing-chinas-ongoing-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity%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=1090268&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><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.239022527682\">\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Monday that the U.S. will participate in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/biden-boycott-beijing-olympics-china\/\">confirmed<\/a> in November that he was \u201cconsidering\u201d a diplomatic boycott. The move does not extend to U.S. athletes, who will still be allowed to compete in the games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, given the PRC\u2019s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cThe athletes on team USA have our full support. We will be behind them one hundred percent as we cheer them on from home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games. U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the PRC\u2019s egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang and we simply can\u2019t do that,\u201d she continued. \u201cAs the president has told President Xi: Standing up for human rights is in the DNA of Americans. We have a fundamental commitment to promoting human rights and we feel strongly in our position and we will continue to take actions to advance human rights in China and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The announcement was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/joe-biden-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-winter-olympics-china-peng-shuai-communist-regime\/\">expected<\/a> to come sometime this week, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/05\/politics\/biden-beijing-olympics-boycott\/index.html\">reported<\/a> on Sunday evening following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/11\/16\/beijing-olympics-2022-biden-partial-boycott\/\">report<\/a> from the Washington Post in November noting a decision had already been made.<\/p>\n<p>A diplomatic boycott has garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/nikki-haley-joe-biden-ted-cruz-olympics-diplomatic-boycott\/\">mixed<\/a> reviews, with some lawmakers like Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arguing a full boycott would be wrong for the athletes \u2013 a note that Psaki made on Monday. Others, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-tom-cotton-calls-biden-administration-boycott-2022-winter-olympics-n1284118\">like<\/a> Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, wanted \u201ca complete and total boycott.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki declined to say whether a full boycott was ever under consideration and defended the diplomatic boycott as the right decision. She said the announcement sends the message \u201c<span id=\"subtitle230\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"230\" data-start=\"1612310\" data-end=\"1614080\">that it cannot be business<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle231\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"231\" data-start=\"1614080\" data-end=\"1616600\">as usual.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"subtitle252\" class=\"subtitle processed selfragment\" data-id=\"252\" data-start=\"1655269\" data-end=\"1658540\">\u201cI don\u2019t think that we felt<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle253\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"253\" data-start=\"1658570\" data-end=\"1660790\">it was that it was the right<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle254\" class=\"subtitle processed foundfragment\" data-id=\"254\" data-start=\"1660790\" data-end=\"1664600\">step to penalize athletes who have been<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle255\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"255\" data-start=\"1664840\" data-end=\"1667420\">training, preparing for this moment,\u201d Psaki noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic boycott comes just days after the Women\u2019s Tennis Association (WTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/womens-tennis-association-peng-shuai-china-immediate-suspension-all-tournaments\/\">announced<\/a> it is pulling all tournaments from China over concerns surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Peng accused a top former <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/03\/tennis-star-peng-shuais-safety-is-impossible-to-prove-experts-say\/\">Chinese<\/a> official of sexual assault and the WTA has since said it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/27\/womens-tennis-association-steve-simon-email-peng-shuai-influenced\/\">unconvinced<\/a> that she is free to speak without coercion. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/24\/wta-peng-shuai-china-athletes-want-more\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;EXCLUSIVE: The Women\u2019s Tennis Association Is Taking On China After Top Athlete Disappeared \u2013 But Players Want More)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Monday that the U.S. will participate in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.President Joe Biden confirmed in November &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}