2021.01.08 15:04 GMT+8

How Pelosi reacted differently to Capitol riot and riots in Hong Kong

Updated 2021.01.08 15:04 GMT+8
CGTN

Pro-Trump rioters mobbed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting the formal congressional validation of Joe Biden's Electoral College win and forcing lawmakers to flee for safety. Similar scenes unfolded for months in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2019. But U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave disparate reactions to the strikingly similar and horrifying mayhem that unfolded in the Capitol building on Wednesday and the public facilities and government offices of the Hong Kong SAR in 2019. Why the double standards Madam Speaker? 

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