US Vice President Mike Pence has assailed the North Korean leader’s sister who sat near him at the Olympics as part of an “evil family clique” that oppresses millions.
Pence has choice words for the North Korean leader’s sister, who was given wide press coverage during her appearance at the games.
In this photo taken on February 9, 2018, US Vice President Mike Pence (R) and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
“The sister of Kim Jong Un is a central pillar of the most tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet, an evil family clique that brutalizes, subjugates, starves, and imprisons its 25 million people,” he tells thousands attending the Conservative Political Action Conference.
“For all those in the media who think I should have stood and cheered with the North Koreans, I say: the United States of America doesn’t stand with murderous dictatorships, we stand up to murderous dictatorships,” Pence says, to loud cheers.
— AFP
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