{"id":1099460,"date":"2021-12-08T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099460"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:14:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:14:39","slug":"cruz-john-kerry-is-the-customer-of-the-year-for-chinese-concentration-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-john-kerry-is-the-customer-of-the-year-for-chinese-concentration-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz: \u2018John Kerry Is The Customer Of The Year For Chinese Concentration Camps\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\">26<\/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-john-kerry-is-the-customer-of-the-year-for-chinese-concentration-camps%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=1099460&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>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused President Joe Biden\u2019s environmental czar John Kerry of being \u201cthe customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps\u201d after the senator spoke out against human rights abuses in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Kerry is the customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps,\u201d Cruz tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Kerry is the customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3Nf5BJQXh\">pic.twitter.com\/v3Nf5BJQXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1468648507577876480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Twitter post also included a video of his interview on Wednesday on Fox News\u2019 \u201cThe Faulkner Focus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden has shown weakness to China,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI introduced an amendment on the floor of the Senate to prohibit the Biden administration from importing any goods, and in particular electric vehicles or solar panels, made with slave labor in concentration camps in China. Every single Democrat except Joe Manchin voted against that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/65\/actions?r=16&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Uyghur Forced Labor Act<\/a>, first introduced by Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in January, faced resistance from Democrats. In an October statement, Rubio said:<\/p>\n<p><em>For weeks, rumors have swirled in Washington about President Joe Biden\u2019s climate czar John Kerry and his opposition to taking concrete action against the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a>\u2019s use of slave labor. Now, we may have an answer about his reluctance to take action:&nbsp;according to a new report, Kerry and his wife have at least $1 million invested in a Chinese investment group called Hillhouse China Value Fund L.P.<\/em><br \/><em>&nbsp;<\/em><br \/><em>That fact alone raises serious questions as to whether Kerry can negotiate in good faith with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\">&nbsp;Beijing&nbsp;<\/a>on climate change, but it gets worse.&nbsp;According to the report, Hillhouse is a \u201ctop shareholder\u201d in a Chinese technology company called YITU Technology, which was blacklisted by the Trump administration in 2019 for being complicit in the surveillance, detention, and repression of Uyghurs and others. In other words,&nbsp;Kerry appears to be profiting from slave labor.<\/em><br \/><em>&nbsp;<\/em><br \/><em>Now it makes sense why he is actively working against my&nbsp;Uyghur Forced Labor Act, which would make it impossible for products made with slave labor in Xinjiang, China to be imported into the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Daily Wire, Cruz said in an email, \u201cJohn Kerry is the customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps, and he ought to be ashamed, Biden ought to be ashamed. We are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money to fund the concentration camps where over a million Uyghurs are in prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said regarding China:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think China is the single greatest geopolitical threat facing the United States for the next century. I think we need strength and clarity to stand up to China, to for call them out for their murder, for their torture, for concentration camps, for their lying, for their theft of intellectual property, for their espionage, for their military aggression, and your right for their responsibility, their culpability for COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt originated\u2014I believe the evidence is compelling that it originated in the Wuhan lab, a Chinese government lab. They covered up the outbreak, and they are responsible for the hundreds of thousands of deaths and the trillions of dollars of damage caused by COVID. We need to have the strength to stand up, to them to call them out, to hold them responsible. Also, critically, to de-link our supply chain so we\u2019re not dependent upon them for critical minerals, for medical pharmaceuticals, for essential elements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve introduced over a dozen different pieces of legislation taking on China. Where are the Democrats? The Democrats are beholden to the big money interests in their party that need Chinese markets to stay in business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cruz-on-upcoming-beijing-olympics-we-need-to-go-over-there-and-kick-their-commie-aes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also reported<\/a>&nbsp;in November that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told CBS News 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 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,\u201d Cruz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1462463820618735616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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 he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused President Joe Biden\u2019s environmental czar John Kerry of being \u201cthe customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps\u201d after the senator spoke out against human rights abuses in China.\u201cJohn Kerry is the customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps,\u201d Cruz tweeted.John Kerry is the customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps. pic.twitter.com\/v3Nf5BJQXh\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 8, 2021The Twitter post also included a video of his interview on Wednesday on Fox News\u2019 \u201cThe Faulkner Focus.\u201d\u201cJoe Biden has shown weakness to China,\u201d Cruz said.\u201cI introduced an amendment on the floor of the Senate to prohibit the Biden administration from importing any goods, and in particular electric vehicles or solar panels, made with slave labor in concentration camps in China. Every single Democrat except Joe Manchin voted against that,\u201d he added.The Uyghur Forced Labor Act, first introduced by Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in January, faced resistance from Democrats. In an October statement, Rubio said:For weeks, rumors have swirled in Washington about President Joe Biden\u2019s climate czar John Kerry and his opposition to taking concrete action against the\u00a0Chinese Communist Party\u2019s use of slave labor. Now, we may have an answer about his reluctance to take action:\u00a0according to a new report, Kerry and his wife have at least $1 million invested in a Chinese investment group called Hillhouse China Value Fund L.P.\u00a0That fact alone raises serious questions as to whether Kerry can negotiate in good faith with\u00a0Beijing\u00a0on climate change, but it gets worse.\u00a0According to the report, Hillhouse is a \u201ctop shareholder\u201d in a Chinese technology company called YITU Technology, which was blacklisted by the Trump administration in 2019 for being complicit in the surveillance, detention, and repression of Uyghurs and others. In other words,\u00a0Kerry appears to be profiting from slave labor.\u00a0Now it makes sense why he is actively working against my\u00a0Uyghur Forced Labor Act, which would make it impossible for products made with slave labor in Xinjiang, China to be imported into the United States.In a statement to The Daily Wire, Cruz said in an email, \u201cJohn Kerry is the customer of the year for Chinese concentration camps, and he ought to be ashamed, Biden ought to be ashamed. We are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money to fund the concentration camps where over a million Uyghurs are in prison.\u201dThe statement also said regarding China:\u201cI think China is the single greatest geopolitical threat facing the United States for the next century. I think we need strength and clarity to stand up to China, to for call them out for their murder, for their torture, for concentration camps, for their lying, for their theft of intellectual property, for their espionage, for their military aggression, and your right for their responsibility, their culpability for COVID-19.\u00a0\u201cIt originated\u2014I believe the evidence is compelling that it originated in the Wuhan lab, a Chinese government lab. They covered up the outbreak, and they are responsible for the hundreds of thousands of deaths and the trillions of dollars of damage caused by COVID. We need to have the strength to stand up, to them to call them out, to hold them responsible. Also, critically, to de-link our supply chain so we\u2019re not dependent upon them for critical minerals, for medical pharmaceuticals, for essential elements.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve introduced over a dozen different pieces of legislation taking on China. Where are the Democrats? The Democrats are beholden to the big money interests in their party that need Chinese markets to stay in business.\u201dThe Daily Wire also reported\u00a0in November that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told CBS News 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 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,\u201d Cruz\u00a0told\u00a0\u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan.\u201cI 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 he added.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"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-1099460","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\/1099460","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099460\/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=1099460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}