WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott made the following statement after Communist China’s refusal to accept the landslide victory of Hong Kong pro-democracy forces.

Senator Rick Scott said, “The people of Hong Kong spoke loud and clear that they will not tolerate efforts by Communist China to take away their rights as promised to them during the handover in 1997. Hong Kong sent a powerful message to Communist China that they will not back down or be silenced. The fight for freedom and democracy isn’t going away, and Secretary of the Communist Party Xi and his puppets need to realize that their egregious violations of human rights are what caused the protests in the first place. Xi must immediately reverse course and start living up to his promises.”

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