Tucker Raises The Alarm Over Brutal Corona-lockdown Regime In Shanghai
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his show Monday night, covered the harsh coronavirus lockdown measures currently imposed on citizens in Shanghai by the Chinese regime.
25 million people are virtually in a 24/7 house arrest in their apartment blocks, screaming for help, as authorities ratchet up their futile 'Covid-zero' lockdown measures due to rise in coronavirus cases and an ineffective vaccine program.
The military is reportedly patrolling the streets of Shanghai, the biggest, richest and most international city in China, while citizens starve in their apartments.
People are reportedly complaining that stores have run out of food, and it's nearly impossible to schedule deliveries because couriers can't keep up with the demand. One man in Shanghai documenting the shortages on Twitter, says, "We had three deliveries that were booked to deliver today. All three were canceled."
"China seemed to have gone insane, moving from authoritarian to dystopian in a single day," Carlson declared.
The Fox News host argues in part,
from the perspective of China's central government, the problem is not COVID. The problem is Shanghai itself. Shanghai is probably the freest place in China. It's certainly got more foreign nationals than any city in China. They're drawn by the trade that revolves around its historic port. So, by Chinese standards, Shanghai is an independent-minded city, and that's the problem. For authoritarians, independent mindedness is the main threat. If you're the head of the Communist Party of China and you're trying to run a highly volatile country of 1.4 billion people from Beijing, naturally your top concern always will be Shanghai.
Shanghai is the one place a meaningful insurrection might start, and that's especially true this year. Xi Jinping, the Chinese autocrat, is set to take a third consecutive term beginning in the fall. Now that was not supposed to happen. There were term limits in China, but four years ago the Chinese Communist Party did away with those term limits and Xi Jinping can now rule the country forever.
Even in China, that is a controversial move. As a China expert called Natasha Kassam put it, From Beijing's perspective, there is no higher priority than stability ahead of the party Congress this fall. This is the closest you might come to seeing a campaign season in China." Oh, there it is, right there. A campaign season, even in an authoritarian country, public opinion still matters. A campaign season is still real, even if you're president for life. Sound familiar?
Carlson argued that western left-wing leaders like United States President Joe Biden, actually admire the authoritarian powers wielded by the Chinese Communist Party over their citizens.
The Fox News firebrand also said in part,
China's rulers want to stay in power forever and in order to do that, they're using COVID restrictions. They're pretty sure COVID restrictions work. They watched our last presidential election closely. Now, how should we respond to this? If you believe in democracy, this is repugnant. Twenty-five million people just lost their most basic human rights. So, the question is, is anyone in the Biden administration, which is constantly lecturing us about democracy and human rights, said anything about this? Has the State Department issued an angry denunciation of Xi Jinping? Is the U.S. government threatening sanctions against China for building the world's largest prison camp? Well, of course not. Effectively, our leaders are defending what China is doing. Here's Tony Fauci admitting on camera he will never criticize the Chinese government.
WATCH Tucker Carlson's full segment and monologue on the tragedy unfolding in China.