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(LifeSiteNews) — Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, who has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrat political funds and is part-owner of an NBA team, drew massive criticism over the weekend after he said “nobody cares” about the plight of Muslim Uyghurs who have been placed in concentration camps, raped, and forcibly sterilized under the Chinese Communist regime.
Though the billionaire donor has attempted to back away from the comments after facing considerable backlash, critics argue his “clarifying comments” aren’t enough.
“Nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs,” said Palihapitiya during a Saturday episode of his podcast All-In. “You bring it up because you really care, and I think that’s nice that you care, the rest of us don’t care. I’m telling you a very hard, ugly truth, okay? Of all the things that I care about, yes, it is below my line.”
Michael Sobolik, a fellow in Indo-Pacific studies with the American Foreign Policy Council, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, highlighted Palihapitiya’s comments in a January 17 tweet, noting that “[t]he conversation goes downhill from there.”
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