White House backs away from Beijing Olympics boycott after Republicans say it is hypocritical to compete in China after pulling the All-Star game from Georgia The White House backed away from boycotting the Beijing Olympics after a State Department official suggested it was something the U.S. was considering China accused the United States of 'politicising sports' on Wednesday after the State Department said it would discuss an Olympics boycott with allies Republican have led calls for a boycott of the Olympics over the mass incarceration and indoctrination of more than a million Uyghurs They've called Democrats hypocritical for supporting Major League Baseball's decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia's voting law