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Well, Mike Pence denounced china on October 3 while speaking at the Hudson Institute[0]. He specifically mentioned the million people in detention in Xinjiang. I've provided a link to the video in case you want to watch.

[0] https://youtu.be/aeVrMniBjSc

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The cynic in me think public denouncing of countries or its leaders means nothing. Its just meant to pacify us commoners? Am I wrong to think so?

> Its just meant to pacify us commoners? Am I wrong to think so?

I think so, but only because I think governments know how little "us commoners" actually care, beyond wanting to virtue signal and wanting to see politicians raise a stink about things.

Is this the same Mike Pence that supports the Muslim country travel ban ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13769#/media/F...

No fan of the current administration, but there’s a massive difference between locking up and torturing millions of Muslims, and denying travel entry to citizens from certain majority-Muslim countries. Comparisons to the Japanese interment camps set up by FDR during WW2 would make more sense.

You're right, but it's still hypocritical to morally condemn a prejudicial action against a people while you're acting out of prejudice against the same people. Especially since this moral condemnation seems conveniently timed and aligned with an active trade war.

This Muslim ban came before the immigrant camps and migrant child detention centers, which Pence also supported. If we don't hold him accountable for hypocrisy, then who will?

Was it the same FDR who turned away the MS Saint Louis in 1939?

Considering a formal apology was issued by the state department to the surviving Saint Louis passengers, are we destined to keep repeating history's mistakes?

Hm, weird muslim ban. It seems to miss the largest muslim populated country in the world...

Trump demonizes both China and Islam. So I'm not sure what the best play for the Republican party is here. If you praise the Chinese government then that's going too far. But if you criticize them then you have to soften your own Islamophobia.

Marco Rubio’s pronouncements on foreign human rights seem particularly awkward against his politically expedient born-again Trumpism.

Is he ready to offer the affected Uyghurs (Or even some large percentage of them) asylum in the US? I'm sure that if he made that offer, China would gladly exile them.

Of course, he's not, though.

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