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Marco Rubio: “Can I ask you, why has the President not met with any Chinese rights lawyers, activists, religious leaders, feminists…”

On the recordApril 26, 2016
Can I ask you, why has the President not met with any Chinese rights lawyers, activists, religious leaders, feminists, or others who have been harassed, detained, and repressed by the Chinese Government during what has been a marked deterioration in human rights and rule of law in China on his watch?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio questions the President's lack of meetings with Chinese human rights advocates.

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