Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation on July 22 that would establish a permanent memorial beside the Chinese Embassy in Washington honoring victims of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The Honoring the Victims of Communist China’s Tyranny Act would direct the secretary of state to build the memorial in International Park, a public park near the embassy at 3505 International Place NW, within two years of the bill becoming law.
Scott said the memorial would honor people killed by the CCP and the implementation of communist ideology from the rule of Mao Zedong to the present day.
“Xi Jinping and Communist China are responsible for some of the worst human rights violations in human history,” Scott said in a statement….