{"id":600349,"date":"2021-07-22T15:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600349"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:20:50","slug":"exclusive-nikki-haley-attending-beijing-olympics-after-tokyo-would-give-propaganda-victory-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-attending-beijing-olympics-after-tokyo-would-give-propaganda-victory-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley: Attending Beijing Olympics After Tokyo Would Give \u2018Propaganda Victory\u2019 To China"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fexclusive-nikki-haley-attending-beijing-olympics-after-tokyo-would-give-propaganda-victory-to-china%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=600349&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>Former ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley supports a boycott of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, because of China\u2019s numerous human rights abuses, including genocide against Uyghur Muslims.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe physical and sexual abuse that\u2019s happening to women and children, the forced labor \u2026 it\u2019s unthinkable,\u201d Haley told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cAnyone that says that we should just go ahead and fight the good fight at the Olympics and turn our backs on genocide is not remembering the atrocities that have happened in history,\u201d Haley said.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the U.S. prepares to compete at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley is making it clear the country needs to boycott next year\u2019s Winter Olympics in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Haley supports a boycott of the games as a response to the Chinese government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/19\/alisyn-camerota-ivan-watson-china-chinese-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-uyghurs-gang-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">human rights abuses<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/report-newlines-institute-beijing-intent-to-destroy-uighurs-xinjiang-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uyghur&nbsp;Muslims<\/a>&nbsp;and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. has recognized as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/22\/state-department-pompeo-blinken-china-xinjiang-uighurs-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">genocide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe physical and sexual abuse that\u2019s happening to women and children, the forced labor \u2026 it\u2019s unthinkable,\u201d Haley said in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cWe have to fight for these people who can\u2019t fight for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agn\u00e8s Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/10\/amnesty-international-uyghurs-chinese-communist-party-torture-camps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> the conditions a \u201cdystopian hellscape,\u201d after the organization\u2019s 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/#executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> found the Chinese government was engaging in \u201cstate-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution.\u201d Another <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/report-newlines-institute-beijing-intent-to-destroy-uighurs-xinjiang-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> released by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy in March concluded the Chinese government \u201cbears state responsibility for an ongoing genocide\u201d against the Uyghur people.<\/p>\n<p>Haley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/biden-boycott-china-winter-olympics-2022-nikki-haley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> an op-ed for Fox News in February comparing the situation to 1936 when the U.S. competed at an Olympics hosted by Nazi Germany, stating the U.S. would not have attended the games if it had known the atrocities Adolf Hitler was planning. She reiterated that comparison to the DCNF.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7241485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7241485\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7241485 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"SWITZERLAND-CHINA-OLY-2022-POLITICS-DEMONSTRATION\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233609591-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7241485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photograph taken on June 23, 2021 shows a placard representing barber wire shaping and Olympics Rings are seen next to a sign of the Olympics Museum during a protest organised by Tibetan and Uyghur activists against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat was the biggest propaganda victory for the Nazis,\u201d she said. \u201cWhy are we going to do that for China when they gave us Covid? When there\u2019s literally genocide happening right in front of us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haley added that she found it \u201cdisgraceful that companies like Nike and Coca-Cola would boycott the state of Georgia, but won\u2019t do anything against China.\u201d To her, the only reason people aren\u2019t \u201cgetting up in arms\u201d is because there are \u201ccorporate financial interests that are involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haley isn\u2019t alone in calling for countries to boycott the games come 2022. Several human rights groups issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/boycottbeijing2022.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint statement<\/a> in May asking all governments not to go to Beijing and compete, while former Vice President Mike Pence told an audience at The Heritage Foundation last week the location for the Olympics needed to be moved, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/562992-pence-biden-should-call-for-2022-olympics-to-be-moved-out-of-beijing?rl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden should make a clear and unequivocal demand that the 2022 Winter Olympics be moved from Beijing unless China comes clean on the origins of COVID-19 and immediately ends persecution of the Uyghur people,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>But not all Republicans have taken Haley\u2019s side of the argument. In a separate Fox News op-ed, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/dont-boycott-china-olympics-sen-ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">insisted<\/a> that \u201cathletes should go to Beijing next year proudly, bring home medal after medal, and show the world what it means to compete on behalf of a free society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/15\/opinion\/politics\/beijing-olympics-mitt-romney.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> that denying American athletes their life\u2019s dream would be the \u201ceasy, but wrong, answer\u201d in his own op-ed for The New York Times. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/science-journal-editor-publisher-boycott-china-uyghur-xinjiang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Science Journal Editor Says He Resigned After Publisher Said He Can\u2019t Boycott China)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not okay to say \u2018Oh, let\u2019s just go fight and win some medals and that\u2019ll make everything okay,&#8217;\u201d Haley told the DCNF. \u201cAnyone that says that we should just go ahead and fight the good fight at the Olympics and turn our backs on genocide is not remembering the atrocities that have happened in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart goes out to the athletes and I know that our athletes represent all that is free and is great about America,\u201d she added. \u201cBut I know if they heard the stories of these people, I know if they saw the abuses, they would see where we\u2019re coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7241487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7241487\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7241487 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233264688-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"BRITAIN-CHINA-RIGHTS-UYGHURS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233264688-scaled.jpg 8192w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233264688-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233264688-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233264688-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233264688-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8192px) 100vw, 8192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7241487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Witness Uyghur teacher Qelbinur Sidik holds up a photograph of the hospital where she says she underwent a forced sterilization procedure on the first day of hearings at the \u201cUyghur Tribunal\u201d, a panel of UK-based lawyers and rights experts investigating alleged abuses against Uyghurs in China, in London on June 4, 2021. (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The last time the U.S. boycotted the Olympics was when the Soviet Union hosted the games in 1980. Former President Jimmy Carter decided to lead an international boycott after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, but the choice proved to be largely unpopular and failed to hurt the host country as intended, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/02\/carter-olympic-boycott-1980-103308\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haley admitted she does not believe a boycott will \u201csuddenly change Chinese Communist behavior,\u201d but to her, that isn\u2019t the reason she\u2019s pushing for it. \u201cThe point is whether America and freedom-loving people around the world should promote or condone what\u2019s going on in China. And our participation would do that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t underestimate, in this time where China wants to show this great big win by hosting the Olympics, the one thing that stops that is when every news story talks about how the U.S. boycotted,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump also came under pressure to take stronger actions against China for its <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/13\/dhs-cbp-wro-xinjiang-cotton-tomato-forced-labor-uighurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">treatment<\/a> of the Uyghurs during his administration, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-uighur-muslims-sanctions-d4dc86fc-17f4-42bd-bdbd-c30f4d2ffa21.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">admitted<\/a> to Axios in 2020 that he didn\u2019t sanction the country because he was \u201cin the middle of a major trade deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Trump should have taken more forceful steps to stop the human rights violations against the Uyghurs, Haley said she wasn\u2019t going to discuss the past \u201cwith either Trump or Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what\u2019s important is what do we do now,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s a current president or former president or any elected official or people in between, call them out, let\u2019s boycott the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat\u2019s the right, moral thing to do, and we should be at the forefront of that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ambassador to the U.N. 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