China announced sanctions on 11 U.S. officials Monday in response to U.S. sanctions against officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian at a daily news briefing. The sanctions, effective from Monday, are applied to U.S. officials including Senators
Marco Rubio (senator from Florida) bill sponsor “ Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy of 2019 “ Ted Cruz ( Senator for Texas ) Cruz met with Jimmy Lai in HK 10-14-19 Cosponsor: “ Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy of 2019 ” Josh Hawley ( Senator from Missouri ) Cosponsor: “ Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy of 2019 ” Tom Cotton( Senator from Arkansas ) Cosponsor: “ Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy of 2019 ” Pat Toomey (Senator from Pennsylvania ) Cosponsor: “ Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy of 2019 ” Chris Smith ( Representative for New Jersey ) member of “Congressional-Executive Commission on China” Carl Gershman (NED) National Endowment for Democracy (aka CIA ) The NED receives an annual appropriation from the U.S. budget (it is included in the chapter of the Department of State budget destined for the U.S. Agency for International Development-USAID) Derek Mitchell (NDI) National Democratic Institute receives financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy , the US Agency for International Development , the US Department of State ,] Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening . Daniel Twining (IRI) International Republican Institute is a 501(c)(3) and receives funding through grants from the U.S. State Department , U.S. Agency for International Development , the National Endowment for Democracy Kenneth Roth (Human Rights Watch) Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an American-founded international non-governmental organization. Funding is not fully transparent, with the HRW website only listing some organizations that provide “partnership and support ” including: Open Society Institute (Soros) , Ford Foundation , the Oak Foundation, among others. Michael J. Abramowitz (Freedom House) Freedom House is a 501(c)(3) U.S. Government funded non-governmental organisation (NGO). Funding is primarily derived from the US Government. 11 US A s s h o l e s
