He offered a scathing rebuke Saturday of Chinese government officials and the country’s state-run media outlets for producing “obscene propaganda” that looks to capitalize on U. S. civil unrest.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered a scathing rebuke Saturday of Chinese government officials and the country’s state-run media outlets for producing “obscene propaganda,” which looks to capitalize on U. S. civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Pompeo released a statement accusing the Chinese Communist Party of blatantly attempting to undermine the U. S. government by conflating a crackdown on some racial protests with the “ruthless” repression of human rights in China. He cited the Chinese government’s deadly response and massacre after the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests as well as their dogmatic suppression of freedom in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
China’s state-run media outlets have produced countless articles describing the Trump administration — and Americans overall — as “racist” after some U. S. police engaged in violent clampdowns on protests which turned destructive.
“The Chinese Communist Party’s callous exploitation of the tragic death of George Floyd to justify its authoritarian denial of basic human dignity exposes its true colors yet again. As with dictatorships throughout history, no lie is too obscene, so long as it serves the Party’s lust for power. This laughable propaganda should not fool anyone,” Pompeo wrote in the June 6 press statement.
Pompeo drew up several comparisons between real and hypothetical responses from the U. S. government versus that of the Chinese Communist Party.
