Cruz want to Hong Kong to meet and show support with protesters, calling out China.
US Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday condemned China’s handling of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, saying suppression of free speech in the territory showed fear from what he called a “dictatorship” in Beijing.
“The Chinese Communist government, I believe, is terrified of the protesters in the streets in Hong Kong,” the Texas Republican told reporters at an afternoon meeting at the US consul general’s residence in the Chinese special administrative region.
“President Xi is terrified of millions of people in Hong Kong but even more than that millions of people in China yearning to live free.”