Senator Marsha Blackburn Urges Complete Boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics – Tennessee Star

more Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Monday urged the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to boycott the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics. In the letter to USOPC chair Susanne Lyons, the two lawmakers cited numerous human rights abuses as motivation for U.S. athletes to avoid the games. "With the Olympics being three months away, it is imperative that the USOPC take action and boycott the Beijing Olympics. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is a country plagued with violent suppression of free speech, state-sponsored oppression, and other human rights abuses," the two wrote in the…