Rumors Swirl after Chuck Schumer Repeatedly Photographed with CCP Official
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been photographed multiple times with Chinese Consul General in New York, Chen Li, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official.
Chen Li posted several photos on his X profile showing him posing with Schumer, including images from at least two Chinese parades.
“Thrilled to join thousands at the [Brooklyn] Lantern Festival Parade!” Chen recently posted on X, along with a photo of himself standing with Schumer.
In another post, Chen said he was “glad to join the 27th NYC Lunar New Year Parade together with” all his American “friends” and Chinese “fellow-countrymen.”
Chen has publicly denied China’s alleged genocide against the Uyghur population.
“It’s hard to imagine how could ‘genocide’ and ‘forced labor’ be associated with such a place where population grows steadily, society is safe and open, and people enjoy happy life. Where do the accusations come from?” Chen wrote in 2021.
“‘Genocide’ was claimed by former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the very last day of his term. It was based on reports fabricated by some extremist anti-China individuals who haven’t been to Xinjiang for years and accounts of a few so-called witnesses who were proved to be trained ‘actors’ and ‘actresses.’”
The CCP claims its “re-education camps” are voluntary and only serve to stamp out “extremism.”
However, leaked documents show the camps are far from voluntary.
“The Chinese Communist Party is actively seeking to weaken America from within. Elected officials shouldn’t share the stage with them; they should be working to defeat Beijing,” Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Sobolik told Fox News.
“It sends mixed signals when politicians talk about countering the CCP one day then break bread with them the next,” he added.
Schumer previously came under fire for associating with Chen’s predecessor at the consulate, Huang Ping, who also denied the Uyghur genocide and promoted CCP propaganda.
Huang traveled up and down the East Coast before leaving his post last year after being named in a criminal indictment against Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s now-former deputy chief of staff, Linda Sun.
Huang, who repeatedly called the CCP a “great party” and was listed as “PRC Official-1” in the indictment, met with Hochul multiple times. Hochul was referred to as “Politician-2” in the 64-page indictment against Sun.
“The Chinese Communist Party’s malign influence in the United States is pervasive and perverse,” Sobolik told Fox News last year.
“The CCP, through ‘united front’ actors, uses American voices to advance its own hostile agenda. Governments at every level, from local and state to federal, must root out Beijing’s ongoing efforts to exploit our openness and freedom.”
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