This is a COMPLETELY WRONG comparison. The protestors in Hong Kong are fighting for legitimate demands of democracy and freedom. They stormed into a symbol of autocracy and political persecution. I don't think you want to equate the congress in Hong Kong to the US.
THREAD: Statement from Lord Patten and @benedictrogers on mass arrests.
Patten: "Taking advantage of distractions around the world, the CCP has further turned the screw in Hong Kong. It is clearly to be regarded as illegal to support democracy..."
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https://t.co/UvtICOHapm
1. The current political crackdown is not only limited to the winners of the 2020 Pro-Democracy Primary Elections, nor is it limited to the Resistance Camp formed after the Primaries. This is a large-scale liquidation involving 52 democrats across different political spectrums.
Just in: more than 20 nominees of the 2020 democratic primaries are arrested for breaking the NSL and subverting the regime.
As one of those nominees, I strongly condemn these arrests which reveals the demise of HK. I urge the Free World to take action and contain the #CCP NOW
The darkness is not falling in Hong Kong in the same way and at the same pace that it fell in Beijing in 1989, but there is a sense among locals that room to maneuver is disappearing, freedoms are being stifled... a curtain is coming down, writes @jwassers https://t.co/hjGuKYIbX3
Biden talks about unity and healing, but you want to know what they really think?
Read how the person he wants as the next WH deputy chief of staff called Republicans in Congress a bunch of f***ers
This is outrageous. It is absolutely a political purge. @joshuawongcf cant attend his university’s graduation ceremony and @chowtingagnes cant celebrate her birthday tmr.
Is it a crime to demand the police to be impartial enforcement?
Certainly not. Rmb, they are not criminal.
Could there be a more potent symbol of the authoritarian takeover of Hong Kong than the government stealing years from the lives of young democracy activists?
Joshua, Agnes, Ivan: respect.
Beijing has turned Hong Kong’s Legislative Council into another rubber-stamp parliament, just like the National People's Congress. Beijing has crushed democracy in Hong Kong. #StandWithHongKong