The demonstrations in Hong Kong are a moral issue for the United States, says Scott Walker, a former two-term Wisconsin governor.
Walker, who unsuccessfully sought the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, compared the movement in Hong Kong to the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall — which happened about two years after then-President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous address at the Brandenburg Gate, demanding then-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev "tear down this wall."
"When it comes to Hong Kong, it's a moral imperative — a moment like when Ronald Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and said, 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,'" Walker, a former two-term governor of Wisconsin, said onFormer US President Ronald Reagan gives a speech in front of the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, Germany, June 12, 1987. German chancellor Helmut Kohl and then president of the parliament Philipp Jenninger can be seen next to him.
On Friday, the unrest in Hong Kong showed no signs of letting up, with officials in the Chinese territory bracing for potentially violent demonstrations over the weekend. Protesters have been rallying since June against a suspended bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. However, the scope of the discontent has expanded to encompass issues of civil rights and democracy. When Britain handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, Beijing promised not to change Hong Kong's economic and political systems until 2047.Donald Trump
this past weekend said that if China were to crack down on the Hong Kong protests with violence, a trade deal with Beijing "would be very hard." Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have come out in support of the demonstrators.
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