Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Slams CCP for Exploiting Floyd’s Death

The protests and riots following the death of George Floyd have prompted Chinese state media to belittle human rights in the United States, and equated the situation with the Hong Kong protests. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo then issued a statement in response to the attacks, pointing out the differences between China and the United States and slamming the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its false propaganda and for trying to whitewash its dictatorship. On June 6, Pompeo issued a statement to reprimand the CCP for exploiting the George Floyd death and trying to legitimize its authoritarian rule. “The Chinese Communist Party’s callous exploitation of the tragic death of George Floyd to justify its authoritarian denial of basic human dignity exposes its true colors yet again. As with dictatorships throughout history, no lie is too obscene, so long as it serves the Party’s lust for power. This laughable propaganda should not fool anyone,” Pompeo said. Xue Chi, a China issues research scholar, based in the U.S., told China Forbidden News: “There is a profound background to Pompeo's statement, a statement published as a strong retaliation to the CCP’s propaganda. This background is that, in the context of the confrontation between China and the United States, the Chinese Communist Party has used every opportunity to plant evidence, to frame and to smear the United States.” On May 25, Minnesota resident George Floyd was reported to police for using a fake bank note in a store and was apprehended by an officer who knelt on his neck for nine minutes, resulting in Flyod’s death. The police officer was subsequently charged with second degree murder. The incident triggered many protests and riots in Minnesota and many other states across the U.S. and included arson, looting and even several killings. In order to ensure the safety of the legitimate protestors and the public, police and the National Guard were called to control the riots. Yet the CCP took the opportunity to launch a propaganda campaign to bad-mouth human rights in the United States, and equated the incident with the Hong Kong protests and it's need to crack down on Hong Kong protesters. However, according to many reports, the Floyd riots were organized by a number of leftist groups, including by the CCP itself. For instance, in a video of riots near the White House on June 1st, someone is heard yelling in Chinese: “Hurry up! Hurry, let’s leave!” “The CCP definitely secretly hid behind and manipulated the riots. Now it is using the incident to justify its brutal suppression of Hong Kong people's resistance. Such action is despicable in everyone’s view,” Xue Chin said.