Fri Feb 4, 2022 – 4:25 pm EST
FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, Feb 5, 2022 (LifeSiteNews) – Despite the glowing praises being heaped by the mainstream media upon China as it hosts the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, some U.S. leaders have firmly denounced in recent weeks the ongoing human rights abuses and espionage against the United States perpetrated by the Communist Chinese Party (CCP).
And it has been the United States’ staunch pro-life leaders leading the charge.
“When our athletes are being instructed to leave their cellphones in the United States before heading to China … we have a responsibility to question why the Olympic Committee is allowing China to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games,” Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said in a Jan. 21 press release.
“What’s more embarrassing is that we’re allowing the Chinese Communist Party to profit off of the Games when it is responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity. Our athletes have trained, worked, and dedicated their lives to representing our nation. American Olympic athletes should not be punished or put in harm’s way while competing in this historic event,” Lankford said.
Both Lankford and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida
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