Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that the Biden administration supports protestors in China and Iran, despite criticism from Republicans who say their response was 'weak.'
Hong Kong Activist Nathan Law discusses the Chinese Communist Party cracking down on protests and the silence from the Biden administration and Apple CEO Tim Cook on 'Cavuto Live.'Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida
"We support the right of people everywhere, whether it's in China, whether it's Iran, whether it's anyplace else, to protest peacefully, to make known their views, to vent their frustrations," Blinken said."And as that's repressed in one way or another in any given country, we speak out against it. We stand up against it and we take action against it."
"The Biden Administration's weak rejection of the CCP’s zero-Covid policy and refusal to call out General Secretary Xi’s totalitarian grip is nothing short of cowardly. Just weeks after shaking hands with Xi in Bali, President Biden and his administration have once again demonstrated that they are unwilling to stand up to the CCP and stand in solidarity with the Chinese people," the Republican lawmakers said.
Last weekend, people gathered in the city center of Shanghai to light candles for the victims of the deadly fire. Around midnight, the crowd had swelled to over a thousand people, chanting,"apologize," directed at the central government, as well as"Xi Jinping, step down" and"Communist Party, step down."
Iranians protest a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Sept. 20, 2022.
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