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John Moolenaar: “Parents can be punished for teaching their children the…”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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Breaking China (Cliff May feat. John Moolenaar)

Published | Video Starts at 31:17

And, you know, it's one thing to say, hey, let's have everybody speak Mandarin. You know, it's the national. Learn another language, teach young kids to speak two languages. But when it comes to this idea that Parents can be punished for teaching their children the values of their faith, history, or ethnicity. and they can be imprisoned or punished in some way for that, that's no longer, hey, let's bring people together in the force of unity and having a common language, … (31:17–31:56)

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Asserts that a new Chinese law punishes parents for teaching cultural or religious values.

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