Trump Congratulates China on 70 years of Oppression and Denial of Human Rights

In a move that sickened people across the globe, Donald Trump congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 70th anniversary of Communist rule Tuesday-- mere hours after it was reported that a riot control officer shot an 18-year-old protester in the chest during pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.

The day featured the most extensive clashes between protests and police since protests began four months ago.  At the same time in Beijing, China showed off its military might with a massive parade of 15,000 troops, new drones, and ICBMs capable of hitting the U.S.

Some fellow Republicans took a pointedly different tack in acknowledging the anniversary.  Ben Sasse, a Republican senator from Nebraska, said: 'Today Chinese tyrants celebrated 70 years of communist oppression with their typically brutal symbolism: by sending a police officer to shoot a pro-democracy protester at point-blank range.  The freedom-seekers in Hong Kong mourn this anniversary, and the American people stand with them against those who deny their God-given dignity."

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas was also critical and said: 'To see the price of the PRC's anniversary celebration, look no further than what's happening in Hong Kong: a ceaseless war against those who wish to live in freedom.  From the Great Leap Forward to the Cultural Revolution to the camps in Xinjiang today, it has been a ghoulish 70 years of Chinese Communist Party control.'