‘What are they going to do? Cancel my TikTok?’ Nancy Pelosi’s grandson laughs off Chinese sanctions
- Social media users have some snarky fun with Beijing’s unspecified sanctions against the US speaker of the House and her family
- The Chinese military has continued its live-fire exercises around Taiwan in response to Pelosi’s visit to Taipei
Over the past few days, the world nervously awaited China’s translation of what its “dire consequences” might be in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
On Friday, the Chinese foreign ministry announced that Beijing would “adopt sanctions on Pelosi and her immediate family members in accordance with relevant laws of the People’s Republic of China”.
But what was meant to be taken as a serious punitive measure was turned into a joke by many who were left curious about what the real-life implications of these sanctions would be.
When asked what the family’s response was, Pelosi’s grandson Paul Vos said in an email: “Am I supposed to be scared? What are they going to do? Cancel my TikTok? For the record, I am not even on TikTok!”
The snarky sentiment was also shared by social media users.