Sen. Ted Cruz: Don't boycott China Olympics – US tried this before and here's who was hurt the most
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President Jimmy Carter threatened an Olympic boycott against the Soviet Union in 1980. Once he considered it, he fell deeper into it, even when it was clear that the boycott would fail.
To be clear, I and many others hope that the International Olympic Committee comes to its senses and moves the 2022 Olympic Winter Games out of Beijing. As someone who was sanctioned twice by the government of China, I am flabbergasted that the IOC would ever give this human rights-abusing, free speech-repressing, trade-and-currency manipulating set of totalitarians who make up the Chinese Communist Party the honor of hosting the Olympic Games in the first place. Here’s hoping that reason prevails and the Games are sent to any place but China. American leaders also need to send our athletes a clear and unmistakable message: We stand with you. That said, we have tried this boycott business before, and it utterly failed.More Related News
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