Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, warned social media stars against taking the People's Republic of China's paycheck to advance the diplomatically boycotted 2022 Winter Olympics in China.
Haley announced that Americans should note the people who took the communist country's money to advance the games and decried anyone taking money from China to ignore the continuing genocide against Uyghur Muslims in the nation.
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"Americans should take the names of any celebrity or influencer being paid by the Chinese government to promote the Olympics," Haley told Fox News in a Thursday statement.
"To put it plainly, anyone who's receiving a paycheck from President Xi is turning a blind eye to human rights and condoning the genocide of millions of Uyghurs," she went on.
Cruz told Fox News that the world is paying attention to the atrocities in Xinjiang, despite the stream of propaganda coming out of Beijing.
"No amount of propaganda on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party will distract from the fact the CCP is engaged in an ongoing genocide and is guilty of a multitude of human rights abuses," Cruz announced in a statement.
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The Republicans' remarks came after a report from the Washington Free Beacon earlier this week about the communist government of China's strategy to pay influencers to advance the Olympic Games from which the U.S., Australia, and Canada have pulled their diplomatic delegations.
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The report cited disclosures that were filed with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), revealing that the Chinese consulate in New York City paid a New Jersey-based public relations company $300,000 to hire popular Instagram, TikTok, and Twitch users to promote the Olympics and China-U.S. relations.
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Cotton told Fox News that he is not stunned by the Chinese Communist Party's strategy to pay off online celebrities and advised those who take the money to read up on the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
"The Chinese Communist Party regularly infiltrates American universities and corporations—it's no surprise that they're attempting to bribe 'influencers' to spread propaganda," Cotton told Fox News in a Thursday email. "I would encourage any influencer cozying up to the CCP to familiarize themselves with the Foreign Agents Registration Act."
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Republicans have claimed that the Biden Administration's diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics does not go far enough, with Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., stating the games should be completely pulled from China.
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