House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies

Pelosi urges move to protest 'oppression'
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 1, 2008 4:07 AM CDT
House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
Protestors hold placards during a rally denouncing human rights abuses by the Chinese government.   (Getty Images)

House speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Bush to consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in an interview airing today, ABC reports. Pelosi, a fierce critic of China's human rights record, isn't suggesting an American boycott of the games themselves, but. she says that it was a mistake to have ever awarded the Olympics to China.

"If freedom-loving people don't speak out against China's oppression of people in Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak out against any oppressed people," said Pelosi after a recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. The president views the Olympics as a sporting event and plans to attend the kickoff in Beijing, said a White House statement. (More Nancy Pelosi stories.)

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