Posted on 09/17/2021 4:19:05 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted, then deleted, a tweet he posted on Thursday that read that the United States would “stand with the people of Hong Kong.”
The South China Morning Post first reported on Blinken’s deleted tweet.
The deleted tweet read, “Beijing should let the voices of all Hong Kongers be heard. The PRC’s disqualification of district councilors only weakens Hong Kong’s long-term political & social stability. We stand with the people of Hong Kong and continue to support their human rights & fundamental freedoms.”
Blinken soon sent a similar, but watered-down, tweet: “The PRC’s disqualification of seven pro-democracy district councilors undermines the ability of people in Hong Kong to participate in their governance. Governments should serve the people they represent. Decreasing representation goes against the spirit of Hong Kong’s Basic Law.”
The PRC’s disqualification of seven pro-democracy district councilors undermines the ability of people in Hong Kong to participate in their governance. Governments should serve the people they represent. Decreasing representation goes against the spirit of Hong Kong’s Basic Law.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) September 16, 2021
However, State Department spokesperson Ned Price tweeted on Thursday the same exact words of Blinken’s initial tweet. As of Friday morning, Price’s tweet is still up.
Beijing should let the voices of all Hong Kongers be heard. The PRC’s disqualification of district councilors only weakens Hong Kong’s long-term political and social stability. We stand with the people of Hong Kong & continue to support their human rights & fundamental freedoms.
— Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) September 16, 2021
In a Friday statement to Newsweek, a State Department spokesperson said, “The team that manages the Secretary’s twitter account mistakenly sent the tweet intended to come from the spokesperson. We fixed that error and tweeted from both accounts, speaking out about Hong Kong authorities’ disqualification of pro-democracy district councilors.
“Suggestions that this administrative change was somehow motivated by political concerns is patently untrue. The tweets affirm—in words and in meaning—that the United States stands with the people of Hong Kong. We urge the PRC to allow the people of Hong Kong to meaningfully participate in their governance.”
Xiden saw it and read him the riot act.
What are you trying to say, and what does it have to do with what I said?
Effin hypocrits.
I wish America had acted decisively when the lease was up, but alas, we were becoming more totalitarian ourselves. History will not be kind to our domineering overlords.
Blinken appears to have more concern for legitimate elective government in China than he does in America.
Blynkin stands with molesters targeting all ages, like BiXiden.
Then so do our allies, particularly in the South China Sea where Red China is flouting international law with impunity. That includes Hong Kong, where Red China has violated the 50-year agreement to stay out of their affairs also with impunity.
Afghanistan has already wrecked our reputation as an ally. Biden has no “strategic interests” save to fulfill the will of the international communists, which is anti-US and against our strategic interests. Please stop agreeing with him.
“Governments should serve the people they represent.”
“It’s a Cookbook!”
Got lost on the way to DU?
He meant to say, “The US will stand by the people of King Kong.”
Blinken doesn’t stand for anything. A total worthless empty suit.
In Hong Kong any form of true democracy is dead. They only want “true patriots” to run the government. If you disagree with the HK government then you can be subjected to “national security” laws (which includes anything they want).
Guess he forgot he was supposed to s#*k Beijing’s d#*k.
Ya, this doesn’t show incompetence at all.
He's incompetent, orrrrr, he deliberately staged the whole backing down because he's actually working for our enemies.
“Got lost on the way to DU?”
This paleoconservative hates neoconservatives.
It’s the neoconservatives that belong at DU.
You cannot name a real US interest in or about Hong Kong.
You act like our .gov isn’t bought or blackmailed by the Chinese.
No such thing as either. And isolationism is the slippery slope to liberalism, sadly, just as much as false hawkism. The advance of communism is also a slippery slope to conquest.
Swift’s modest proposal.
You have not stated a real US interest in Hong Kong.
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