Mr. Pompeo had routinely accused China of committing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, and these four people made videos to express their outrage. They did so in oddly similar ways.

“We are very free,” the retiree said.

“We are very free now,” the store owner said.

“We are very, very free here,” the taxi driver said.

“Our lives are very happy and very free now,” the textile company worker said.

Talk to a few dozen Americans on the street. Tell them "hey, France says America ain't free!" What are the odds you get a handful of responses like this?

And this is setting aside the fact that people telling you similar stories is also evidence that they're telling the truth.