{"id":522672,"date":"2021-05-18T17:20:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T21:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522672"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T21:20:50","slug":"republicans-call-on-biden-to-walk-racial-equity-talk-by-boycotting-beijing-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-on-biden-to-walk-racial-equity-talk-by-boycotting-beijing-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Call On Biden To Walk Racial Equity Talk By Boycotting Beijing Olympics"},"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\">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%2Frepublicans-call-on-biden-to-walk-racial-equity-talk-by-boycotting-beijing-olympics%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=522672&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\/05\/GettyImages-453444611B.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Pressure is building for President Joe Biden to take a strong stance against Communist China\u2019s alleged human rights atrocities against minority groups, with some Republicans calling on the administration to support a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden\u2019s critics say the president\u2019s closeness to China is in stark contrast with his criticism for America, which he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-biden-racism\/biden-harris-condemn-u-s-racism-sexism-in-blunt-language-idUSKBN2BE019\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> has been plagued by \u201cugly poisons\u201d of\u00a0 \u201csystemic racism and white supremacy\u201d and vowed to change by emphasizing racial equity while assembling his cabinet and laying out his agenda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for a \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d where world leaders would not attend but athletes would still compete.<\/p>\n<p><span>Congressional Republicans have reportedly urged Biden to demand the Games be relocated, claiming his reluctance to do so is hypocritical after the president voiced strong support for Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game out of Atlanta, Georgia, to protest a state voting law he deemed discriminatory and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/01\/politics\/biden-mlb-all-star-game-georgia\/index.html\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cJim Crow in the 21st Century.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A political action committee Ronald Reagan founded in 1977 was recently revived and has launched a drive calling on the United States to boycott the Beijing Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Leaders of Citizens for the Republic (CFTR) say ongoing human rights abuses by the Chinese party-state make its capital city \u201cmorally unqualified\u201d to host \u201cwhat is supposed to be a celebration of international peace.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is an issue that Reagan, if he were alive, would have spoken out on,\u201d said CFTR chairman Craig Shirley, who has authored four books on the former president and has teamed up with three veterans of the Reagan White House who are also part of the committee. \u201cThey want to put a false image out to the world of a nice, clean China, and it\u2019s very far from the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shirley told The Daily Wire he plans to \u201cshame the hell\u201d out of corporate sponsors and U.S. companies he says benefit from slave labor in China to manufacture their products. Shirley claimed global brands like Apple and Nike are \u201cwhoring for communist China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CFTR cites \u201cthe corrupt Communist government\u2019s ongoing atrocities against pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and the Turkic ethnic group known as the Uighurs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the last full day of the Trump administration, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/19\/us\/us-xinjiang-china-genocide-intl\/index.html\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> China of \u201cgenocide\u201d and crimes against humanity. He said a \u201cdecades-long campaign of repression\u201d against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minority groups had escalated since March 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2871287128713\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These acts are an affront to the Chinese people and to civilized nations everywhere. The People&#8217;s Republic of China and the CCP must be held to account.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1351580136353705984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThese acts are an affront to the Chinese people and to civilized nations everywhere,\u201d tweeted Pompeo. \u201cThe People\u2019s Republic of China and the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] must be held to account.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His successor, Antony Blinken, later said he agreed with Pompeo\u2019s assessment but did not indicate how the Biden administration would proceed with the Beijing Games, which are scheduled to begin in less than nine months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pompeo went on to call for a boycott, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/07\/pompeo-no-american-participate-2022-beijing-winter-genocide-olympics\/\"><span>referring<\/span><\/a><span> to the upcoming event as the \u201cGenocide Olympics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>China has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/t1864221.shtml\"><span>rejected<\/span><\/a><span> the accusations of genocide, calling the claims \u201cmalicious lies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to academic researchers, the Chinese government has placed more than one million Uighurs and other minorities in reeducation camps that officials call \u201cvocational training centers.\u201d Hundreds of these facilities are located in Xinjiang, the predominantly Muslim northwestern region of China that takes up about one-sixth of the nation\u2019s landmass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Washington Post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/former-inmates-of-chinas-muslim-re-education-camps-tell-of-brainwashing-torture\/2018\/05\/16\/32b330e8-5850-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html?noredirect=on\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cBeijing has turned the entire region into a 21<\/span><span>st<\/span><span>-century surveillance state\u201d with \u201cubiquitous checkpoints and widespread facial-recognition technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Former detainees described prison-like conditions, political indoctrination, and abuse. They said they were forced to pledge loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), renounce Islam, and trained to speak fluent Mandarin \u2013 strategies widely believed to be intended to phase out aspects of Muslim life and cultural heritage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Women have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top-news-international-news-weekend-reads-china-health-269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0forced birth control efforts meant to curb China\u2019s Muslim population, including sterilizations and abortions. Some women <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-55794071\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> said they were removed from cells and raped by masked Chinese men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some captives are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/11\/20\/apple-uighur\/\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> moved to factories in Xinjiang and surrounding regions when they \u201cgraduate\u201d from the camps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield acknowledged that people in Xinjiang \u201care being tortured\u201d and \u201cwomen are being forcibly sterilized.\u201d She made the comments during a virtual event that China had reportedly \u201clobbied U.N. member states to stay away from,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-vows-keep-speaking-out-until-china-stops-genocide-2021-05-12\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe will keep standing up and speaking out until China\u2019s government stops its crimes against humanity and the genocide of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang,\u201d she vowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But in comments to Al Sharpton\u2019s group aired last month, Thomas-Greenfield also had tough words about her own country. \u201cWe have to acknowledge that we are an imperfect union and have been since the beginning,\u201d she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/biden-press-secretary-shuts-down-220129711.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI\u2019ve seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The State Department <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-not-considering-boycotting-beijing-olympics-despite-china-issues-after-supporting-mlb-boycott\"><span>issued<\/span><\/a><span> a statement last month saying it was not considering a boycott of the Beijing Games. A spokesperson for China <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-warns-of-robust-chinese-response-to-possible-u-s-boycott-of-olympics\"><span>warned<\/span><\/a><span> of a nonspecific \u201crobust Chinese response\u201d to a potential boycott the following day, saying, \u201cThe politicization of sports will damage the spirit of the Olympic Charter and the interests of athletes from all countries.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CFTR describes China as \u201cthe new evil empire that President Reagan spoke of.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shirley says the PAC wants \u201ca boycott across the spectrum.\u201d He rejects softer proposals that he said would \u201cfalter,\u201d such as Pelosi\u2019s call for a diplomatic boycott that has previously been proposed by U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney\u2019s (R-Utah).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAmericans should support a boycott of athletes in the West from going to China,\u201d said Shirley. \u201cIt has to be a boycott of athletes, a boycott of participation, a boycott of corporations, everything, across the board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shirley says he has not yet talked to any politicians about the proposed boycott but plans to reach out to human rights groups. Activists say China\u2019s abuses have only worsened since Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden \u201chas failed as a moral leader of the United States,\u201d Shirley said. \u201cHe\u2019s failed to point out the slave labor and the depth of the genocide in China. I expect [the Biden administration] to be pro-Red China, right down the line. They will send representatives over there to witness the torch lighting and stand and applaud while people are imprisoned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure is building for President Joe Biden to take a strong stance against Communist China\u2019s alleged human rights atrocities against minority groups, with some Republicans calling on the administration to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278481,"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\/05\/GettyImages-453444611B.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans Call On Biden To Walk Racial Equity Talk By Boycotting Beijing Olympics","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-453444611B.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans Call On Biden To Walk Racial Equity Talk By Boycotting Beijing Olympics","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522672","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=522672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}