{"id":281326,"date":"2021-03-22T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=281326"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:31:29","slug":"gop-lawmakers-call-for-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympic-winter-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-call-for-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympic-winter-games\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmakers call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fgop-lawmakers-call-for-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympic-winter-games%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=281326&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_2389803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, journalists chat near the Beijing\u2019s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics logo after attending a media briefing at the Beijing Olympics Headquarters in Beijing, China. A coalition of human-rights groups has met with the International Olympic Committee over calls to pull the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing. (AP Photo \/ Andy Wong)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:17 AM PT \u2013 Monday, March 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Several GOP lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have suggested the the 2022 Winter Olympic Games should be held somewhere else. A group of Republicans called for the U.S. to boycott the games if China remains the host country.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers cited the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) human rights violations on several mainland communities, including actions against Uighur Muslims and Hong Kong residents, as reasoning for their opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what we\u2019re facing right now, the alternative to boycotting the Olympics is participating in, \u201d stated Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.). \u201c\u2026Would 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 Uighurs, and I think that that would be wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GOP lawmakers in both chambers are leading the charge to mobilize Congress to take action against the CCP. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and John Katko (R-N.Y.) are spearheading efforts in the House with a resolution introduced last month.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution calls on the International Olympic Committee to move the games away from China or face a U.S. withdrawal from the competition. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has championed similar calls in the Senate and has urged America\u2019s international partners to join America in a possible boycott.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believe it\u2019s morally imperative to take action against China. They are likening the CCP\u2019s actions towards their Uighur population to the Holocaust in Germany. The officials added, participating in the Beijing games would send a bad signal to the international community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in the end, we cannot allow American athletes to travel to Beijing and reward the Chinese Communist Party all the while that they doing all of the nasty activity that they\u2019re engaged in,\u201d Pompeo stated. \u201cThe world ought to unite\u2026the Olympics are an expression of freedom and athletic talent, and to hold them in Beijing is completely inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2389804\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2389804\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2389804 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2633.jpeg\" alt=\"FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in Dharmsala, India. Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year\u2019s Beijing Winter Olympics.  It\u2019s driven by the widely reported internment of several million Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China, which has been termed a genocide by numerous governments and human rights groups. (AP Photo\/Ashwini Bhatia, File)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2633.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2634.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2635.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2636.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in Dharmsala, India. Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year\u2019s Beijing Winter Olympics. It\u2019s driven by the widely reported internment of several million Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China, which has been termed a genocide by numerous governments and human rights groups. (AP Photo\/Ashwini Bhatia, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texs) has warned lawmakers of the drawbacks of withdrawing. He cited former President Jimmy Carter\u2019s decision to withdraw from the 1980 games in Moscow. The Texas lawmaker said the action aimed to apply pressure on the former Soviet Union for invading Afghanistan, but had no real political effect.<\/p>\n<p>The USSR remained in Afghanistan for nearly a decade after the Olympics and the only people really hurt by the move were America\u2019s top athletes. Cruz believes boycotting the 2022 games would fall on deaf ears and bear similar consequences as the 1980 move.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, China has responded to threats of boycotting the games from other countries with threats of their own. Chinese state media outlets have claimed the CCP is prepared to fiercely retaliate against those who go through with boycotts.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the Biden administration has struggled to set the tone with Chinese officials about U.S.-China relations over the next four years. Last week, Chinese officials lashed out at top U.S. diplomats at bilateral talks in Alaska, which left the Biden administration scratching its head.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mich-facing-lawsuit-over-possible-covid-nursing-home-death-cover-up\/\"> Mich. facing lawsuit over possible COVID nursing home death cover up<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, journalists chat near the Beijing\u2019s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics logo after attending a media briefing at the Beijing Olympics Headquarters in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310912,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2633.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"GOP lawmakers call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2633.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"GOP lawmakers call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281326","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}