Washington Free Beacon By Matthew Foldi and Thaleigha Rampersad
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) said Thursday that the United States should boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, citing doubts that the Biden administration has done enough to ensure the safety of athletes and coaches traveling to Beijing.
Cotton said reports that the United States won’t send an official delegation to China is not a sufficient statement on the world stage, calling a diplomatic boycott the “absolute bare minimum that any civilized nation would do for these genocide Olympics.” Citing China’s “crimes against the world,” Cotton called for a “complete and total boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics” by the United States that would extend not only to athletes but also to U.S.-based corporate sponsors.
“China unleashed a plague on the world that has killed millions of people and has disrupted the lives of every American,” the Arkansas senator said during a press conference…
