Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned American Olympic athletes in opposition to criticizing Beijing.
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The Concern: Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s warning to American Olympic athletes to not criticize China’s authorities.
Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells our Olympic athletes to not communicate unwell of the Chinese language communist authorities whereas competing within the Winter Olympic Video games in Beijing (“Pelosi repeats: Simply shut up!” Feb. 5).
Nevertheless, she didn’t ask them to not disparage the nation they're representing.
In the meantime, NBC refused to air an advert crucial of China purchased by a United States congressman to be proven throughout the Olympics. The advert calls out China for its lengthy historical past of human-rights abuses and US corporations for his or her enterprise relationships with China.
Pelosi and NBC have, by their actions, protected future enterprise dealings with the communist nation.
Armand Rose
Arlington, NJ
Pelosi warned American athletes to not anger their ruthless Chinese language hosts on the Olympics.
It’s time Pelosi explains why she and different members of Congress (in addition to many American firms) are so wanting to earn a living coping with such ruthless individuals. How is that this in our greatest pursuits?
Gary Mottola, Brooklyn.
Pelosi has warned athletes collaborating within the Winter Olympics to not criticize the Chinese language authorities as a result of they may put themselves in peril from a totalitarian regime that has dedicated genocide and maintains compelled labor camps for political prisoners.
She’s telling American youngsters to behave just like the cowardly film stars and big-business executives that may do something for cash, together with promoting out their nation. We should always by no means have despatched a staff to China, and now we should always name them house.
I hope that NBC has a scores catastrophe on its arms.
Robert DeCandia
New Hyde Park
How dare Pelosi inform American athletes to not protest the continuing genocide of the Uyghurs by the Chinese language communists throughout their efficiency on the Olympics.
Didn’t she take an oath to uphold the First Modification?
James Evans
Worcester, Mass.
The Concern: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s memo modifying his earlier coverage on felony robberies.
Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg has declared who and what he's, and it’s apparent that he doesn’t belong within the DA’s workplace (“Bragg backing off felony coverage,” Feb. 5).
Sure, he’s slowly backtracking on his coverage, however he’s solely doing so below large strain from individuals in excessive positions.
Mayor Eric Adams was elected to show this crime wave round, however so as to take action, he wants the police to arrest the culprits, the DAs to prosecute them and judges who're keen to jail those that should be separated from society.
Bragg could speak an excellent recreation as a way to maintain his job, however he can’t be counted on to stroll the stroll when it counts.
Steve Heitner
Center Island
It took an entire meltdown of the criminal-justice system for New Yorkers to grasp the necessity for a reliable district legal professional.
All through the Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg years, New Yorkers loved the safety of confirmed prosecutors, whose paramount considerations have been for the victims and the rule of regulation.
Nobody epitomized that greater than former Manhattan District Lawyer Robert Morgenthau. To see who carries that title at this time is sickening.
The truth that it’s newsworthy when the Manhattan DA releases an announcement saying he'll observe the regulation says all of it.
If any DA refuses to do their job, then the governor should act accordingly.
John Fleming
Punta Gorda, Fla.
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