“The People’s Republic of China is waging a brutal campaign of repression against the Uyghur people and other minorities with mass incarceration, torture and forced labor,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a news conference Wednesday before the vote. “With these bills, the House is combating this horrific situation and shining a light on Beijing’s abuse.”
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Nevermind the US slave labor codified in our constitution, concentration camps for brown people, including babies and children, and (illegal) assassination of a foreign diplomat.
Yeah this current campaign goes at least as far back as Obama and Clinton's "pivot" to the "Indo-Pacific region," which made virtually no sense to me at the time but now makes too much fuckin' sense.
According to this video, it's likely even earlier at 2004/5.