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Olympics Nancy Pelosi backs diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Pelosi is not advocating for a full boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) Print WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) called Tuesday for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, citing human rights abuses by China’s government. “We cannot proceed as if nothing is wrong about the Olympics going to China,” Pelosi said during a joint video hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the...
