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Tom Cotton: “I think the answer is you're afraid of the Chinese Communist Party.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2021
I think the answer is you're afraid of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton accuses companies of fearing repercussions from China for their silence on human rights issues.

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