Charles Rangel: “I rise in support of treating China like any other trading nation. They call it most favorable treatment, but actually…”

“I rise in support of treating China like any other trading nation. They call it most favorable treatment, but actually what we are talking about is free trade and trying to see how we can best improve the economy of the United States and create more jobs here. That does not mean that I have any less sensitivity to human rights. How more sensitive can I be? These Chinese, these Communist bums, shot me over there in 1950. I do not like them worth a darn. I do not like any Communists. I do not like the North Koreans, I do not like the North Vietnamese, but I do not know whether the United States of America has to have a litmus test with who we trade with. The Cubans, my God, I know they are vicious people, Communists, and violate human rights, and we look like the village clowns at the United Nations. Every one of our partners that trade with us are now suing us because they say we cannot have secondary boycotts against them. We say Iraq, Libya, Iran, you name it, we get sick and tired, by our standards of disliking someone, so we give sanctions. Hey, I like sanctions, if we are going to win. I like feeling powerful. The United States of America, we have a code. If countries do not live up to our code, they do not have a democracy, then we do not play the game with them. But somehow we have different standards for different countries. Is there any difference between the Communists in China and the Communists in Cuba or the Communists in North Korea?”