But... they didn't, so why try to turn this conversation into a BLM issue? Is this to imply all Republicans are racist? Why not pretend it says U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (D-Mo.) so you can feel better and talk about the merits of the letter and the issue at hand.

This is my first comment in 4 years because it is incredibly frustrating to read thoughtless comments that just try to steer this towards a flame war

The optics are quite different. A foreign government exerting influence domestically is troubling from a national security point of view. I don't think you could say the same about BLM. I would expect the Democrats to launch an equally robust defense of BLM in that case.

Also, you could easily make a statement about why no Democrats have, to my knowledge, pressed Zoom on this? So far, three Republicans have:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/...

I hope so, but maybe not. That said, we have to recognize that there is something uniquely dangerous about an American company capitulating to demands from a foreign adversary.

That's beside the point and not constructive to the discussion here. Zoom is behaving badly and a senator did send a letter. The guy is doing the job he is supposed to be doing on our behalf. We don't need to call him out for some hypothetical situation where he may or may not have sent a letter.

It wouldn't be a national concern dealing with foreign spying.

What if zoom kicked off your mothers knitting group would a senator comment? No it is not a national security concern just bad customer services.

Now if China has a strategy around taking over knitting perhap.

In fairness, hypocrisy is not the exclusive realm of American politicians. All nations are a bit hypocritical in this same manner.

yes

if this were to happen, does anyone think Zoom's leadership would survive long enough to receive a letter?

receiving a letter is extremely on the mild end of what would happen if the political biases were switched