President Joe Biden said Nov. 18 that the White House is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over Beijing’s human rights abuses. Such a move would mean that the administration would not send dignitaries to the Games, but American athletes would still be allowed to complete. Speaking to reporters as he hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office, Biden said backing a boycott of the Olympics in February is “something we’re considering.”
The remarks came amid intensifying calls by global rights groups and some lawmakers for a symbolic U.S. boycott of the games in Beijing over the Chinese regime’s wide-ranging rights abuses, from its repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang to its clampdown in Hong Kong. The United States and other nations traditionally send high-level delegations to each Olympics. First lady Jill Biden led the American contingent to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo …
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