{"id":272498,"date":"2021-03-21T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=272498"},"modified":"2021-03-21T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:46:02","slug":"rep-cheney-participating-in-2022-olympics-would-whitewash-ccp-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cheney-participating-in-2022-olympics-would-whitewash-ccp-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Cheney: Participating in 2022 Olympics would whitewash CCP actions"},"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\">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%2Frep-cheney-participating-in-2022-olympics-would-whitewash-ccp-actions%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=272498&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 id=\"attachment_2389698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney attended a congressional tribute to the late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who lies in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:45 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, March 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has joined several GOP lawmakers in calling for the U.S. to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. During an interview on Friday, Cheney cited China\u2019s human rights abuses as a red flag that should deter America from participating in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney said the U.S. boycotted the Olympic Games in 1980 when the USSR hosted the event in Moscow. However, she admitted a boycott would impose a huge sacrifice on America\u2019s top athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re facing right now, the alternative to boycotting the Olympics would be participating in a show that essentially would be whitewashing what the Chinese Communist Party is doing around the world, and doing with respect to the Uyghurs, and I think that that would be wrong,\u201d Cheney stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Allowing the Olympics to take place in Beijing would legitimize the Chinese authoritarian regime\u2019s acts of genocide, destruction of the democratic rights in Hong Kong AND dangerous suppression of the COVID outbreak in Wuhan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We must <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottBeijing2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottBeijing2022<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1uT2KFSwqN\">https:\/\/t.co\/1uT2KFSwqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgwaltz\/status\/1366908959064547338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cheney said she supports Rep. Michael Waltz\u2019s (R-Fla.) push to change the 2022 game\u2019s host country.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/reporters-gop-lawmakers-criticize-dhs-media-ban-at-border\/\">Reporters, GOP Lawmakers Criticize DHS Media Ban At Border<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Rep. 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