1/9 I got a small chortle out of this headline, but there's a darker story behind it:
China announces retaliatory sanctions against Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz
#GeeksResist #OneVoice1 #DemCast theguardian.com/world/2020/jul…
China announces retaliatory sanctions against Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz
#GeeksResist #OneVoice1 #DemCast theguardian.com/world/2020/jul…
2/9 You may recall that in June, John Bolton's book was leaked and it was revealed that Donald Trump not only didn't care about human rights in China, but actually SUPPORTED Chinese concentration camps for millions of Uighur Muslims.
Four articles: businessinsider.com/trump-china-de…
Four articles: businessinsider.com/trump-china-de…
3/9 Trump Says He Avoided Punishing China Over Uighur Camps to Protect Trade Talks
“Well, we were in the middle of a major trade deal,” the president said, supporting an account by his former national security adviser John R. Bolton.
#DontLookAway nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/…
“Well, we were in the middle of a major trade deal,” the president said, supporting an account by his former national security adviser John R. Bolton.
#DontLookAway nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/…
4/9 Bolton says Trump didn’t just ignore human rights but encouraged China’s concentration camps
#DontLookAway washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
#DontLookAway washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
5/9 We knew Trump didn’t care for human rights in China. But this is a new low. washingtonpost.com/opinions/globa…
6/9 China's retaliatory measures respond to US imposed sanctions against a Chinese government entity & 4 senior officials, including a sitting member of the ruling politburo, under the Magnitsky Act, over its human rights abuses.
cnn.com/2020/07/13/asi…
cnn.com/2020/07/13/asi…
7/9 These include the mass arbitrary detention and severe physical abuse of the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities, and also some issues with how Hong Kong has been treated during the recent protests there.
politi.co/2OjrTmh
politi.co/2OjrTmh
8/9 All of this seems to stem from the Trump 180 on China, going from a desperate effort to please China while pretending to stand against them to actively excoriating them as part of Trump's effort to cast blame for COVID-19 on China.
9/9 You can't help but feel that Republicans have taken action on their human rights abuses NOW as a desperate effort to downplay what Bolton's book revealed about Trump's efforts to court China's president Xi Jinping.
As ever, Trump does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
As ever, Trump does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
