Lawmakers react after Chinese spy balloon shot down: ‘Disastrous projection of weakness’
Reactions came in from both sides of the political aisle on Saturday after the United States military shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina.
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Reactions from politicians and pundits poured in Saturday afternoon following confirmation that the United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon after it hovered over the country for several days.President Biden said Saturday that he gave the order to shoot down the balloon on Wednesday but his military advisers decided to wait due to concerns over injuring people on the ground.Daniel Davis breaks down why the Pentagon would recommend to President Biden against shooting down a Chinese spy balloon hovering over northern U.”The Biden Administration owes the American people answers now,” Republican Rep.WASHINGTON — Leaders on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and other members of the Texas congressional delegation are calling on President Joe Biden to act on a Chinese balloon found flying over sensitive sites in the United States.Andrew Garbarino, a Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, told Fox News Digital after the balloon was shot down.states on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.”Not only was the Homeland Security Committee not informed of this CCP provocation before it broke on the news, but it has since come to light that officials were monitoring the balloon before it entered U.Mark Warner (D-VA) in support of banning the app.
S.Members of Congress in both parties are calling the spy balloon an unacceptable violation of U.S.airspace and could have been shot down over the water before ever reaching our shores.This was the CCP testing their boundaries and President Biden failed in his response.airspace and American sovereignty.” Video Rep.The balloon has been seen over parts of Montana, with the latest sightings over Missouri and Kansas midday Friday, according to CNN.Russell Fry, R-S.Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc.Let’s shut them all down.
C, said the balloon”fell right above my hometown and blasted the Biden administration for not acting earlier.”Why was this allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? You know, you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can do., put out a joint statement Thursday condemning China ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart.15, 2021, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, listens.It is a core function of government,” Fry said on Fox News Live.Sen.Not only is this a violation of American sovereignty, coming only days before Secretary Blinken’s trip to the PRC, but it also makes clear that the CCP’s recent diplomatic overtures do not represent a substantive change in policy.Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the intelligence committee, echoed Fry’s sentiment, saying the balloon”should have been taken out earlier, over remote areas of Alaska or Montana.official said Friday.Now that the elections are over, the reality of just how serious it is for a Chinese spyware app to be on the devices of some 80 million Americans is finally setting in.
” Mississippi Republican Sen.The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party was formed with broad bipartisan support last month.Roger Wicker, who is the Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member, said in a statement that the Biden administration’s response to the balloon is a”disastrous projection of weakness.” Video “It is clear that standard protocol for defense of U.S.Michael McCaul, R-Austin, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal that the balloon is a violation of Americans privacy and that it was “imperative [Blinken] tells Chairman Xi and his government that their military adventurism will no longer be tolerated.S.airspace was ignored.A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, Feb..
If press reports are correct, the Biden Administration hoped to hide this incident from the American people from the start.“This balloon should have never been allowed to enter U.The White House owes Congress and the American people answers about this failure, and I intend to get those answers without delay,” Wicker said.(Chase Doak/via Reuters) Pentagon spokesman Brig.Sen.Lindsey Graham, R-S.Pat Ryder announced that the government detected a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental U.Instead, the Biden administration allowed it to continue so that it now poses a direct and ongoing national security threat to the U.C.
, added that it amounts to”negligence” if the U.Ryder said the government was closely monitoring the balloon and that it”does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.S.“I am calling on the Biden administration to quickly take steps to remove the Chinese spy balloon from U.is unable to recover information from the balloon due to the decision to wait until it was over the ocean.Once the balloon was detected, the U.Nevertheless, Graham said the eventual decision to take it down was a”sound decision.” “I’m glad we shot it down…I’m open minded to hear our explanation,” Graham added.government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information,” Ryder said.” Other top foreign affairs lawmakers spoke out against the balloon including Rep.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Republican Rep.Elise Stefanik said that President Biden”abysmally failed” a test on the world stage..”The Chinese Communist spy balloon should never have been allowed to cross into our sovereign nation gathering intelligence,” Stefanik said.“Everything about the Biden admin’s response to the Chinese spy balloon reeks of indecision and weakness.”The American people deserve to know why Joe Biden allowed this national security threat for so long, why he tried to hide it from the American people, and what information our foreign adversaries were gathering.” “This is a time for peace through strength, and the Chinese Communist Party must know violations of American airspace will not be tolerated.
” “U.Ted Cruz.S.Military: 1 Chinese Spy Balloon: 0,” the House Judiciary Committee tweeted.US AERONAUTICS BALLOON BECOMES MOST-TRACKED AIRCRAFT AMID CHINESE BALLOON CONCERN Former Acting Director of National Intelligence under former President Donald Trump Rick Grenell tweeted his criticism, saying, Biden”allowed the Chinese to collect data on Americans for more than a week – and only shot the balloon down AFTER the public found out.Staggering to think a balloon changes everything for Team Biden.” “The reason? Radical elements of the Democrat party didn’t want to upset the Chinese while negotiating a climate change statement,” Grenell wrote.
Democrats in Congress struck a much different tone from many Republicans.”I strongly condemn President Xi’s brazen incursion into American airspace, and I commend President Biden’s leadership in taking down the Chinese balloon over water to ensure safety for all Americans,” Senate Majority Leader tweeted.S.”Now we can collect the equipment and analyze the technology used by the CCP.” “It’s down folks!” Democratic Congresswoman.
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Republican, Democratic lawmakers condemn suspected Chinese spy balloon: ‘We must act to counter this threat’Lawmakers on the new House select committee on China condemned the suspected Chinese spy balloon seen over Montana as a ‘violation of U.S. airspace and American sovereignty.’ China had to do something. All of their spies in Congress have been kicked off the intelligence committee, and Biden can’t keep classified documents in his garage anymore.. so they sent a spy ballon.. 🎈 Why is the POTUS allowing a Chinese spy ballon to hover over an area where the USAF stores nuke silos under ground? JoeBiden administration has rubbished a once great America that other nations once fear. JoeBiden’s weak response to threats like this has brought America to her knees. It’s a shame
‘Shoot down the Chinese spy balloon NOW’: Texas lawmakers want action, answers from BidenLeaders on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and other members of the Texas congressional delegation are calling on President Joe Biden to act on a Chinese balloon found flying over sensitive sites in the United States. This thing is the size of 3 buses and can travel hundreds of miles through the turbulent air in the upper atmosphere. Shooting this down would be very foolish. Shoot it down, Joe. It contains the KariLake missing votes.
The Chinese spy balloon is bad, but the Chinese spyware app is still worseAnother Democratic senator on the Senate Intelligence Committee has raised the issue of banning TikTok. With a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana, perhaps now would be the time for all of our politicians finally to clamp down on Chinese spyware. nah The balloon is a nothingburger, but the Russian asset is real. PutinsPuppet 🇨🇳 Huawei has invested billions into spyware. Politicians in both Canada & America have too much to lose both in paybacks & pillboxes.
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