The only Republican Chinese-American candidate running for Congress claimed China may have “blackmail” on President Joe Biden, preventing him from condemning the country for its “strict COVID-19 lockdowns” starving people in its biggest city.

Biden and the media “are connected with China. They are Chinese sympathizers. They have some ideological similarities, and of course the [Hunter] Biden laptop! Media is trying to cover up for them,” Republican New Hampshire Congressional candidate Lily Tang Williams claimed in an interview with the Daily Caller.

Williams condemned China’s recent strict lockdown in Shanghai which has barred citizens from leaving their homes for three weeks amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The lockdowns have reportedly led to suicides, starvation and the killing of household pets.