Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) seems pretty smitten with China as evidenced by this tweet where he calls on America to “start investing in our people” in order to build more “high-speed rail, broadband, renewables and universities”:
China hasn’t been in a war since 1979 and invests in high-speed rail, broadband, renewables and universities.
America has only been at peace for 16 years of our history and spend trillions on overseas wars.
To lead in the 21st century, we have to start investing in our people.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 11, 2019
And this could be one of the worst tweets we’ve read from a congressman this year:
This is a bad tweet. https://t.co/morbvkVwwq
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) May 13, 2019
Does Rep. Khanna count “re-education” camps as universities?
China also invests in “re-education” camps. https://t.co/w0sLWmOT79
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) May 12, 2019
And what about the Uyghurs that China put in concentration camps:
In the last few years China has put a million of its own people in internment camps for being Muslim. How does a sitting congressman tweet this with a straight face? Plenty of ways to make this point without being an idiot. https://t.co/7h5KQzSbw6
— Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) May 12, 2019
Like FDR, Rep. Khanna is pro-internment camp:
Endorsing ethnic internment camps is very on brand for you guys. https://t.co/H8l6Oc8ZYk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 13, 2019
It’s an “investment in people”:
But, they put millions of Muslims into concentration camps, and @RoKhanna probably considers that 'investment in people'. https://t.co/uokaXd0Y2C
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 13, 2019
THIS is what Rep. Khanna is endorsing, via CNN: “Former Xinjiang teacher claims brainwashing and abuse inside mass detention centers”:
Sounds terrific. https://t.co/qspwUPEAC8
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) May 12, 2019
And if the camps aren’t a problem for Rep. Khanna, China’s development hasn’t really been people friendly:
Now, to the China worship…
The people of China make no decisions regarding the below. They are told what will happen.
Tens of millions have been forcibly relocated from their homes to be used as the government wants.
This is "investing in your people?" https://t.co/zpNKjGjaLa
— Crotchety Old Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 13, 2019
And maybe he wants America to start stealing technology from other countries, too?
Finally, a good part of China's prosperity is via industrial theft from us and Europe.
But I forgive you, because it's not like you're a Member of Congress with access to this information. https://t.co/zpNKjGjaLa
— Crotchety Old Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 13, 2019
Let’s add China’s one-child policy and the Tiananmen Square massacre to the list:
The question here is if @RoKhanna is just trying to be deliberately provocative, or does he seriously wish to morally compare China w/ its one-child policy, Tiananmen Square massacre, & current internment of Uyghur Muslims with the US which saved the world in two world wars? https://t.co/xaAy03YBHE
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) May 13, 2019
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