In March 2020, members of the ETGE and the East Turkistani community, led by newly elected Prime Minister Salih Hudayar, met with Representative
Ted Yoho[SUP]
[27][/SUP] and asked him to deliver a speech on East Turkistan at the US House of Representatives. Congressman Ted Yoho described East Turkistan as an "occupied country" and condemned China for its alleged genocide of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples.[SUP]
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The ETGE aims to be non-partisan but has received more support on the East Turkistan issue from the
Republican Party,[SUP]
[27][/SUP] and the Prime Minister makes semi-regular appearances on conservative media,[SUP]
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[32][/SUP] including a guest appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room.[SUP]
[33][/SUP] In November 2019, retired
US Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding, the former Director of Strategic Planning, at the
US National Security Council and Joseph Bosco, the former China Director at the
US Department of Defense along with other American analysts had attended and gave speeches at the ETGE's 8th General Assembly in Washington, D.C.[SUP]
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In June 2020, the ETGE spearheaded an effort by pro-independence
Uyghur,
Manchu, and
Tibetan groups to oppose "Chinese imperialism in all forms" and sent a joint letter to the
US State Department, the
Council of the European Union, and the Foreign Ministries of India, Japan, and the UK rejecting "Chinese occupation," and calling on the "international community to help bring about a democratic resolution that gives complete national independence for East Turkistan,
Manchuria,
South Mongolia, and Tibet."
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