McConnell Urges Trump to Speak Up in Support of Hong Kong Protesters

McConnell Urges Trump to Speak Up in Support of Hong Kong Protesters
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol in Washington on May 14, 2019. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has urged President Donald Trump to publicly speak out in support of protesters in Hong Kong as violence in the region intensified over the weekend at a Hong Kong campus.

“I would encourage this president, who has seen Chinese behavior for what it is with a clarity that others have lacked, not to shy away from speaking out on Hong Kong himself,” McConnell told the Senate floor on Nov. 18, The Hill reported.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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