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SSenate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer waves the Folks's Republic of China flag in a Manhattan parade on Sunday.
The flag flies within the Lunar New 12 months Parade in New York Metropolis's Chinatown.
Senator Chuck Schumer waves the flag of the Folks's Republic of China at an occasion final weekend: pic.twitter.com/DhF2teq1yY
– The Blaze (@theblaze) 27 February 2024
Schumer waved the flag instantly after organizers performed China's nationwide anthem over loudspeakers.
NEW: Senator Chuck Schumer waves the flag of the Folks's Republic of China on stage at a Lunar New 12 months occasion on Sunday.
He and different prime New York politicians appeared on stage at a rally with Huang Ping, a Chinese language radical, earlier than an annual parade in Manhattan's Chinatown… pic.twitter.com/seqf0RhOl0
– Jimmy Quinn (@james_t_Quinn) 26 February 2024
Nationwide Assessment author Jimmy Quinn wrote, “(Schumer) and different prime New York politicians appeared on stage at a rally earlier than the annual parade in Manhattan's Chinatown with Huang Ping, a hardline Chinese language ambassador who has publicly criticized Beijing's human rights abuses.” Deny the violation of. and Wu Xiaoming, a senior consular officer connected to China's secret police station in New York.”
NEW: Senator Chuck Schumer waves the flag of the Folks's Republic of China on stage at a Lunar New 12 months occasion on Sunday.
He and different prime New York politicians appeared on stage at a rally with Huang Ping, a Chinese language radical, earlier than an annual parade in Manhattan's Chinatown… pic.twitter.com/seqf0RhOl0
– Jimmy Quinn (@james_t_Quinn) 26 February 2024
Quinn additionally famous that New York Governor Kathy Hochul waved the PRC flag in final yr's parade – however appeared to chorus from doing so throughout this yr's occasion.
Curiously, that video didn’t embody Hochul's remarks to the gang, throughout which he held and waved a PRC flag.
I discovered that a part of the ceremony in a separate YouTube video, posted by an account that options movies from numerous NYC occasions: pic.twitter.com/AlnJRxC2da
– Jimmy Quinn (@james_t_Quinn) 16 February 2023
Schumer took the flag that was being handed to Hoeschel.
The senator has not commented publicly on the incident.