THE WHITE HOUSE
BRIEFING ROOM
Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference
MARCH 25, 2021 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS
HONG KONG EXCERPTS
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THE PRESIDENT:
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And he understood that. I made it clear that no American President — at least one did — but no American President ever back down from speaking out of what’s happening to the Uighurs, what’s happening in Hong Kong, what’s happening in-country.
That’s who we are. The moment a President walks away from that, as the last one did, is the moment we begin to lose our legitimacy around the world. It’s who we are.
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