WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department said it will support freedom of speech and “make clear to other governments” that violence is inappropriate, when asked about violence against critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. soil.
“We are always concerned about acts of violence. We support freedom of speech in the United States. When we see acts of violence, we make [it] clear to other governments that they’re inappropriate,” Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the State Department, said in a press briefing on Dec. 14.
Mr. Miller was responding to a question from The Epoch Times regarding violence experienced by demonstrators protesting China’s human rights violations during November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, which was attended by CCP leader Xi Jinping….