According to TASS, the Secretary of State answered the corresponding question of the journalist in the affirmative.
“Yes, of course,” he said, when asked if the US administration supports the protesters in China.
He also added that the United States supports the protests around the world, including also Iran.
“We spoke out against the crackdown on protests everywhere, including in China.
But, in fact, it’s not about us, but about the fact that in both countries people are trying to express their views, achieve satisfaction of aspirations, and the reaction of the authorities to this,” Blinken said.
On June 25, several hundred people gathered outside the US Supreme Court to protest against the decision of the US Supreme Court to recognize women's right to abortion as unconstitutional.
In New York, the police detained several protesters in defense of the right to abortion, who tried to block one of the central streets of Manhattan.
In August, U.S. President Joe Biden criticized Republicans for refusing to condemn the protests near the Capitol that led to the January 6, 2021 storming of the building.