Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference (Hong Kong Excerpts)

THE WHITE HOUSE

BRIEFING ROOM

Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference

MARCH 25, 2021 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS

HONG KONG EXCERPTS

THE PRESIDENT:

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.