From FoxNews.com…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a warning message on Thursday to U.S. athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics, concluding that the Chinese communist government is “ruthless” and could damage the reputations of those competing.
Speaking at a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing, Pelosi told the athletes that they are “there to compete” and are not to “risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless.
“I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there,” Pelosi added, one day ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games. “I respect that, but I also worry about what the Chinese government might do … to their reputations, to their families.”
