Biden’s necessary diplomatic boycott of the Olympics

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President Joe Biden has made the necessary moral decision for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki explained on Monday that the Biden administration “will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics given [China’s] ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses.” Psaki also rightly noted that China “has zero tolerance for criticism and a record of silencing those that speak out.”

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