The Tonic Accord

The State Department Declares the Uighur Situation a GENOCIDE!


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In a rare showing of agreement between the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration, last week former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo accused China of Genocide against the Uighur Muslim population in China. Then his successor, Antony Blinken, of the new administration, said he agreed with the assessment. However, many state department officials say this could be a loaded term. While the situation in China is clearly bleak, it is unprecedented for the State Department to use that word in a situation where there aren’t mass killings happening. Today, Alex catches everyone up on how this agreement with Pompeo may foreshadow how the Biden Administration may escalate tensions with China.
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