US ‘Must Never Conflate’ CCP With Chinese People Seeking a Communism-Free Future: Congressman

The United States “must never conflate” the authoritarian regime ruling China with the Chinese people aspiring for a future free from communist control, according to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.).

Fitzpatrick made the comment in support of the grassroots Tuidang (Quit the Party) movement that calls for the global Chinese community to break ties with China’s communist regime.

More than 400 million people have asked to withdraw their affiliations with one or all three Party organizations as of Aug. 3, according to statistics from the New York-based Global Tuidang Center, which helps to coordinate the movement.

Collectively, their decision has demonstrated that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can’t represent its population—despite its claims to the contrary—according to the congressman, who has sponsored a number of bills aimed at deterring the regime’s influence in the United States and its human rights abuses.

“As America confronts the national security and economic threats from an increasingly belligerent CCP, we must never conflate the Chinese people with the Communist Party. This is exactly what the CCP tries to do in its party propaganda,” he told The Epoch Times, adding that he supports the Tuidang movement and “the growing number of Chinese who are pursuing a future free from communism.”

The Tuidang movement began in 2004 following the publication of the book “Nine Commentaries of the Communist Party.” First published in the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times, the book expounds on the regime’s history of deceit and terror.

Former Virginia governor and Sen. George Allen (L) talks with Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) before the funeral service for former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) at the National Cathedral in Washington, on June 23, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

George Allen, former governor of Virginia, said it’s “heartening to learn that so many hundreds of millions of courageous freedom-loving

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