{"id":117067,"date":"2021-02-03T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117067"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:42:39","slug":"senate-republicans-call-for-moving-olympics-from-china-citing-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-call-for-moving-olympics-from-china-citing-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans Call For Moving Olympics From China, Citing Genocide"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsenate-republicans-call-for-moving-olympics-from-china-citing-genocide%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=117067&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\/02\/Beijing-Olympics-e1612387641533.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Republicans introduced a resolution Tuesday demanding China no longer host the 2022 Winter Olympics, citing human-rights abuses within the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The resolution, which was introduced by Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.) and backed by six other Senate Republicans, cites the ongoing genocide in Xinjiang along with several other human-rights abuses from Beijing as grounds for moving the Olympics. In the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-02\/BILLS-117sres13is.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">resolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Republican delegation blasted China\u2019s actions as &#8220;inconsistent with Olympic values.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/senate-republicans-call-for-moving-olympics-from-china-citing-genocide\/\"><strong>Senate Republicans Call For Moving Olympics From China, Citing Genocide<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic\/\"><strong>Biden Press Sec Used Insult Condemned by Dem Officials as \u2018Homophobic&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/justice-dept-abandons-admissions-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale\/\"><strong>Biden&#8217;s Justice Department Drops Discrimination Lawsuit Against Yale<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The flagrant human rights abuses committed by the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China are inconsistent with Olympic values,&#8221; the resolution reads. &#8220;Unless the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China demonstrates significant progress in securing fundamental human rights, including the freedoms of religion, speech, movement, association, and assembly, the International Olympic Committee should rebid the 2022 Winter Olympics to be hosted by a country that recognizes and respects human rights.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New information regarding the human-rights situation in Xinjiang emerged Tuesday.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-55794071\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reports<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">indicate that Chinese authorities subjected Uighur women to systematic rape and sexual abuse in concentration camps, along with already documented forced birth control and torture. The Trump administration declared the crimes against Uighurs a genocide in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden administration officials, meanwhile, have offered <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-reviewing-uighur-genocide-designation-u-n-ambassador-nominee-says\/\">conflicting<\/a> statements about their own assessment of ongoing crimes against Uighurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the United States chose not to attend due to the Soviet Union&#8217;s invasion of Afghanistan. The Biden administration, however, has not yet entertained a boycott of the 2022 Olympics. In a Wednesday briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said there have been no internal conversations within the Biden administration about boycotting or attempting to relocate the 2022 Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We&#8217;re not currently talking about changing our posture or our plans as it relates to the Beijing Olympics,&#8221; Psaki said. &#8220;There\u2019s no discussion underway of a change in our plans from the United States at this point in time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans introduced a resolution Tuesday demanding China no longer host the 2022 Winter Olympics, citing human-rights abuses within the country. The resolution, which was introduced by Sen. 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