Secretary of State Antony Blinken is proud to announce that, under Joe Biden, the US will re-engage with the human rights abusers on the UNHRC

The @UN Human Rights Council is flawed and needs reform, but walking away won’t fix it. The best way to improve the Council, so it can achieve its potential, is through robust and principled U.S. leadership. Under @POTUS Biden, we are reengaging and ready to lead.

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) February 8, 2021

Great take, Mr. Secretary! Except, of course, for the part that sucks. Which is the entire thing.

So that was actually a terrible take.

FLAWED?! My relationship with Nutella is flawed, the UNHRC is broken. https://t.co/4RZVx1gycz

— Annika H Rothstein (@truthandfiction) February 8, 2021

Beyond broken.

We have literally no good reason to re-engage with oppressive, genocidal regimes. We have literally no good reason to re-engage with anti-Semites and terrorist apologists.

A thesis disproved by two successive administrations. China was elected to the Council while perpetrating a genocide. The Council hands over names of Chinese dissidents to the CCP. The Council is systemically anti-Semitic. Congress needs to assert its oversight prerogative. https://t.co/h8rN9SDppN

— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) February 8, 2021

Completely wrong. The UNHRC includes the worst human rights abusers in the world and spends all of its time simply attacking one country. There is nothing you can do to reform it under the current structure and participating just gives it undeserved credibility. https://t.co/ENQGqfBumb

— AG (@AGHamilton29) February 8, 2021

We've seen this dumb movie before.
SecState Hillary Clinton, 3/09 upon re-joining the Council: "We will engage in the work of improving the UN human rights system"
2011: We "make a difference by working w/ you on the inside rather than standing on the outside merely as a critic" https://t.co/8eRmxvbMOr

— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) February 8, 2021

Flawed…
It's mostly populated by the world's worst human rights abusers. It's a joke, as is most of the UN. https://t.co/fHWswkWNZW

— Sp.D.–Doctorate of Shit Posting (@cheapoldbstd) February 8, 2021

Lmfaoooooooo…. You are going to be an even bigger bitch in the UN than Powers was… "Lead" hahahahaha

Can't wait to watch you bow to commies and mullahs https://t.co/UJemy92Hmw

— Branson Taylor (@Btaylor74) February 8, 2021

The worst human rights abusers in the world are on the UNHRC. That’s not flawed, that’s rotten to the core. https://t.co/Vyx7Ui8EfO

— Travis (@GreatBelin) February 8, 2021

The UNHRC is a sick joke. I fail to see how lending it any legitimacy will make anything better. https://t.co/NKMH7T03ia

— Bjorning (@Bjorning16) February 8, 2021

Walking away from the U.N. Human Rights Council may not persuade human rights abusers to stop abusing human rights, but it would certainly send a very loud and clear message that the United States doesn’t engage with or support human rights abuse.