Hawley tells Xi to come clean about COVID origins as his bill goes to Biden's desk: 'Time is up'

Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley told Chinese President Xi Jinping to travel cleanable astir the origins of COVID-19 arsenic his measure to declassify accusation connected the origins of the microorganism heads to President Biden’s desk.

Hawley shared his missive to Xi online connected Friday successful a tweet regarding Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials contacting his bureau successful an effort to unit him into withdrawing the bill.

"China has been truthful worked up astir this COVID origins bill, Communist officials wrote to my bureau earlier this week and demanded I driblet it," Hawley wrote.

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Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley told Chinese President Xi Jinping to travel cleanable astir the origins of COVID-19 arsenic his measure to declassify accusation connected the origins of the microorganism heads to President Biden’s desk. (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital)

"I thought I’d update President Xi connected today’s passage," Hawley continued, noting his bill’s unanimous transition done the House of Representatives connected Friday.

In his Friday missive to Xi, Hawley highlighted the bill’s unanimous transition done the House and Senate and said helium knows the Chinese president is "keenly funny successful this bill," adding the Chinese president’s "own Communist officials person written to my bureau demanding we renounce it, successful their accustomed lecturing, idiotic style."

"But the measure volition soon beryllium law—unless you tin person President Biden to veto it," Hawley wrote. "Time is up."

"Come cleanable astir your relation successful spreading COVID to the world," helium added.

Hawley’s measure to declassify accusation connected the origins of COVID-19 antecedently passed the Senate with a unanimous vote.

In his Friday missive to Xi, Hawley highlighted the bill’s unanimous transition done the House and Senate and said helium knows the Chinese president is "keenly funny successful this bill," adding the Chinese president’s "own Communist officials person written to my bureau demanding we renounce it, successful their accustomed lecturing, idiotic style." (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

The measure volition caput to Biden’s table for his signature.

The Chinese authorities connected Wednesday blasted Sen. Josh Hawley’s measure to declassify accusation astir COVID-19’s root arsenic an enactment of "political manipulation" successful a missive sent straight to the lawmaker's office.

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials sent a three-page missive to Hawley’s office, a transcript of which was obtained by Fox News Digital, accusing the U.S. of "undermining planetary solidarity" successful warring the coronavirus. It besides repeated Beijing’s statement that the microorganism could person perchance originated successful a North Carolina lab.

The measure volition caput to President Biden’s table for his signature. (Screenshot/Twitter)

"I americium reaching retired to explicit our sedate interest regarding the 'Covid-19 Origin Act of 2023' (S.619), which falsely claimed that the Covid-19 corona microorganism originated from Wuhan Institute of Virology, accuses China of blocking planetary investigations, refusing to stock accusation and lacking transparency etc. and required the Director of National Intelligence to declassify accusation relating to the root of COVID–19. China firmly opposes and powerfully condemns this," the missive said.

It was written by an authoritative successful the Chinese embassy of Washington, D.C., and addressed to Hawley’s main of staff.

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The Missouri Republican suggested to Fox News Digital connected Thursday that helium took China’s aggravated missive arsenic a motion of encouragement.

"When China is this upset astir a proposal, you cognize you’re connected the close track," Hawley told Fox News Digital. "The American radical merit to cognize the information astir the origins of COVID, and China indispensable beryllium held accountable."