The White House praised the ‘courage’ of Chinese protesters who died in the Tiananmen Square massacre days after tear gas and rubber bullets were used against protesters in DC
in which Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square in Beijing and fired on unarmed pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed, though China has never released an official death count.
She added that the US called on China to "honor the memory of those who lost their lives" in connection with the massacre. "The American people stand together with all Chinese citizens in their pursuit of fundamental rights, including the right to accountable and representative governance and freedom of speech, assembly, and religious belief," she said.
McEnany's statement comes as protests denouncing systemic racial injustice and police brutality continue across the US. , thousands of people in the US have been killed by police in the last decade. Current protests were sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. The incident was captured on video and has
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