Senator Rick Scott wants IOC to move 2022 Olympic games out of China

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS 12) — Senator Rick Scott, along with Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China.

This resolution urges China to stop violating human rights and address the abuses that are happening in the country.

"Communist China should not be allowed to host the 2022 Olympic Games while simultaneously running concentration camps, violating human rights and oppressing the people of Hong Kong," Senator Scott said in a statement. "The Olympic Games are an incredible opportunity to allow the world’s best athletes to represent their countries and unite our nations, and should not be hosted by one of the world’s worst human rights abusers.

The resolution has gained sponsors from Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Dick Durbin (D- Illinois), Martha McSally (R- Arizona), Doug Jones (D- Alabama), Marco Rubio (R- Florida), Tom Cotton (R- Arkansas), Todd Young (R- Indiana), Marsha Blackburn (R- Tennessee), and Mike Braun (R- Indiana).

“The Chinese government and Communist Party represses the basic freedoms of the Chinese people and commits horrific human rights abuses, including detaining over a million Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, " Marco Rubio said. "No country should have the privilege and responsibility of hosting the Olympics or any other international sporting event while flagrantly violating their citizens’ most fundamental rights. China should be no exception.”

View the entire resolution below.