Odd. He needs to clarify.
(Anchor babies born here and educated here but returned to China through threats and intimidation ?)
Regarding the million Americans comment:
If anyone knows a Chinese person, especially an American Chinese person, well enough, ask what they might know or have heard.
I don’t think these people are long-standing Chinese Americans who were abducted while visiting relatives in China. I would think too many of the family here would make too much of an issue for it not to be known.
Could it be kids born to Vietnamese women who had American GI boyfriends? A million seems a bit high for this.
Pompeo may have used the term “American” too loosely. It could be people from Hong Kong who settled here and were well on their way toward becoming legal American citizens but aren’t naturalized yet and were snatched when going back to Hong Kong to visit.
I don’t think it is anchor babies. Would Pompeo really want to give them that kind of status? Isn’t he against the whole Mexican anchor baby thing?
I at first thought he had a slight synapse misfire and meant the Uyghurs, but I would think he would have issued a clarification by now if that were the case.
Has he been challenged on his comment by the media? If he hasn’t, maybe he just hasn’t had a reason to state that he misspoke.
Has Gordon Chang weighed in?