A group of GOP senators is pushing President Joe Biden to ban travel from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> over the appearance of a new respiratory illness.
A group of five senators sent a <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-colleagues-to-biden-ban-travel-from-china-to-prevent-mystery-illness-spread/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the White House on Friday raising alarm about “an unknown respiratory illness spreading throughout the People’s Republic of China.” The senators – Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida, J.D. Vance of Ohio, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, and Mike Braun of Indiana – said relying on China for accurate information about the disease would be a mistake.
“We call on you to immediately restrict travel between the United States and the PRC. As you know, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long history of lying about public health crises. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCP’s obfuscation of the truth, and lack of transparency, robbed the United States of vital knowledge about the disease and its origin,” the senators wrote.
“At this moment, the world faces another unknown pathogen emanating from the PRC that could spread to other countries, including the United States. The PRC has reported an increase in this mystery illness — which it claims to be pneumonia caused by known pathogens — since mid-October,” the senators continued.
The letter notes that the World Health Organization has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/world/asia/who-china-children-respiratory-illness.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> “detailed information” about the unknown illness from China’s Communist regime; however, the “CCP has an incentive to lie, just as they did throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and any new pathogen could derail its efforts to stimulate its economy.”
“We should not wait for the WHO to take action given its track record of slavish deference to the CCP. We must take the necessary steps to protect the health of Americans, and our economy,” the letter says. “That means we should immediately restrict travel between the United States and the PRC until we know more about the dangers posed by this new illness. A ban on travel now could save our country from death, lockdowns, mandates, and further outbreaks later.”
Northern China has reported a surge in illness similar to the flu since mid-October, according to <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/what-we-know-about-the-unexplained-outbreak-of-respiratory-illness-in-china-13014066" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sky News</a>. About a month later, the public disease surveillance system ProMed issued a warning about “undiagnosed pneumonia” spreading in China. The ProMed report specifically highlighted claims of many children falling sick with the disease.
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“This report suggests a widespread outbreak of an undiagnosed respiratory illness,” an editor’s note on the ProMed report said. “It is not at all clear when this outbreak started as it would be unusual for so many children to be affected so quickly.”

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GOP Senators Urge Biden To Ban Travel From China Over ‘Unknown Respiratory Illness’

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Members of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> issued a report on Monday talking about an &#8220;influence&#8221; strategy employed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) known as &#8220;united front work&#8221; that has made its way to the United States.
Led by the Central United Front Work Department, the effort is a &#8220;unique blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations,&#8221; the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party explains in <a href="https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/uf-101-memo-final-pdf-version.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a six-page memo</a>.
The CCP uses united front work &#8220;to shape its political environment, including to influence other countries’ policy toward [<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>] and to gain access to advanced foreign technology,&#8221; the memo says, adding that it is carried out &#8220;by an extensive and well-documented network of organizations.&#8221;
This network, the memo adds, operates &#8220;in parallel&#8221; to China&#8217;s &#8220;foreign ministry and intelligence services that seeks to influence universities, think tanks, civic groups, other prominent individuals and institutions, and public opinion broadly.&#8221;
Examples of united front work-linked activity, cited from various media reports, include a front group <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/reputed-chinese-communist-party-front-group-helped-fuel-u-s-protests-against-taiwanese-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stoking protests</a> against Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in the United States and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/19/chinese-police-new-york-city-foreign-influence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secret Chinese police stations</a> in places such as New York City that experts say are used to go after opponents of the CCP. The memo also lists various targets of united front work, including ethnic minorities and people with roots in Taiwan.
&#8220;United front work damages U.S. interests through legal and illegal technology transfer, surveillance of Chinese diaspora communities, promotion of favorable narratives about the PRC through ostensibly independent voices, and the neutralization or harassment of critics of the CCP,&#8221; the memo states in a section arguing why the united front work matters. &#8220;The United States has no direct analogue, and the U.S. Government has struggled to counter united front work with traditional counterintelligence, law enforcement, and diplomatic tools.&#8221;
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Such influence operations have been reported in other countries as well. After a think tank in Australia <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/china-communist-party-australia-united-front-aspi-report/12334498" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned about the united front work</a> branching out in that country in 2020, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called the report &#8220;fallacious&#8221; and insisted, &#8220;China has been developing foreign relations based on principles of mutual respect and non-interference in each other&#8217;s internal affairs.&#8221;
The House panel memo was released in the weeks after President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California, and the two sides pledged to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/xi-biden-takeaways-from-us-china-summittaiwan-military-talks-fentanyl.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resume military talks</a> amid rising tensions over Taiwan, Beijing&#8217;s spy balloon that flew over the continental U.S. earlier this year, and more.
“Through its united front work strategy, which Xi Jinping has called a &#8216;magic weapon,&#8217; the Chinese Communist Party uses every tool at its disposal, whether legal or illicit, to influence the American people and interfere in democratic societies. Our bipartisan memo on united front work will help the American people recognize and resist the CCP’s malign influence,&#8221; Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) said in a <a href="https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/press-releases/select-committee-unveils-ccp-influence-memo-united-front-101" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“An important, but little understood, aspect of the Chinese Communist Party’s misinformation, propaganda, and influence efforts both in the PRC and abroad is the CCP’s united front system. This background memo provides information about united front activities, and can be a potentially helpful guide in addressing and countering them,&#8221; added ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL).

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House Panel Releases Memo On China’s ‘Influence’ Strategy In The U.S.

House Panel Releases Memo On China's 'Influence' Strategy

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U.S. officials began expressing concern this week about a new outbreak in respiratory illnesses in China that have sent a surge of children to the hospital.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-hospitals-children-pneumonia-respiratory-illness-who-data-rcna126480">reported</a> that the outbreak in northern China has caused hospitals to become &#8220;overwhelmed with sick children,&#8221; according to ProMED, a publicly available reporting system for emerging diseases and outbreaks.
The news comes after COVID-19 began spreading in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 and in the span of a couple months threw the entire world into a global pandemic that killed millions and was used by governments to implement draconian measures.
&#8220;China&#8217;s recent pneumonia outbreak raises serious questions, and the World Health Organization is asking them,&#8221; said U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel.
&#8220;It&#8217;s time to abandon COVID deception and delays as transparent and timely information saves lives,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Full cooperation with the international community is not an option, it&#8217;s a public health imperative. Will Beijing step up?&#8221;
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China&#39;s recent pneumonia outbreak raises serious questions, and the World Health Organization is asking them. It&#39;s time to abandon COVID deception and delays as transparent and timely information saves lives. Full cooperation with the international community is not an option,…
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NBC News said that it witnessed long lines and crowded waiting rooms at Beijing Children’s Hospital.
&#8220;Since mid-October 2023, WHO has been monitoring data from Chinese surveillance systems that have been showing an increase in respiratory illness in children in northern China,&#8221; the WHO said in a statement. &#8220;Today, WHO held a teleconference with Chinese health authorities in which they provided requested data on respiratory illnesses among children in Northern China.&#8221;
&#8220;The data indicates an increase in outpatient consultations and hospital admissions of children due to Mycoplasma pneumonia since May, and RSV, adenovirus and influenza virus since October,&#8221; the WHO continued. &#8220;Some of these increases are earlier in the season than historically experienced, but not unexpected given the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, as similarly experienced in other countries.&#8221;
The COVID-19 pandemic was marked by lying and deception from communist China about the origins of the coronavirus as well as attempts to cover it up. The World Health Organization (WHO) was also accused not being forthcoming with what it knew about the coronavirus and of trying to cover for China.
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In early January 2020, the WHO regurgitated Chinese propaganda that falsely claimed that there was no evidence that COVID-19 could be transmitted &#8220;human-to-human.&#8221;
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Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> (2019-nCoV) identified in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wuhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wuhan</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a>🇨🇳. <a href="https://t.co/Fnl5P877VG">pic.twitter.com/Fnl5P877VG</a>
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U.S. Sounds The Alarm After New Chinese ‘Pneumonia Outbreak Raises Serious Questions’

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) said during an interview on Sunday that top U.S. officials fear that the Chinese-government-controlled app TikTok is being used as a &#8220;propaganda channel&#8221; by the Chinese Community Party and that it could have severe implications in the U.S.
Warner made the remarks during a Sunday CBS News interview on &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with host Margaret Brennan when asked about combatting Chinese influences in the U.S., including their use of artificial intelligence and social media.
Warner said that it was important for the U.S. to not only focus on TikTok but on &#8220;all foreign technology that might pose&#8221; a national security threat.
He said that legislation he introduced on the issue needed to move forward because &#8220;literally 40 percent of young people get all their news from TikTok.&#8221;
&#8220;This technology competition, we&#8217;ve had military competitors like Russia,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve never had an economy that&#8217;s making the investments the way China is in these new technology domains.&#8221;
Warner said he feared TikTok &#8220;could be used as a propaganda channel for the CCP, the Communist Party of China.&#8221;
TikTok has faced growing calls from U.S. lawmakers to be banned because it is allegedly boosting heavily anti-Semitic content on its platform that has distorted the reality of what is happening with Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas. The content on TikTok matches the stances of China&#8217;s communist government, which has criticized Israel and <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/10/17/beijing-refuses-to-condemn-hamas-steps-up-criticism-of-israel/">refused</a> to condemn Hamas after it murdered 1,200 people in Israel, wounded 5,300+, and took more than 240 people hostage.
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&#8220;But around artificial intelligence where I think we need to be humble because candidly we&#8217;ve done nothing on any guardrails on social media and on technology writ large,&#8221; Warner added. &#8220;The two areas where artificial intelligence could have an enormous negative effect tomorrow is interfering in our public elections, but it also could have a tool in terms of interfering in our public markets.&#8221;
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Warning about how AI could be used for election interference in 2024, <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkWarner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkWarner</a> says Congress has &quot;done nothing on any guardrails on social media and on technology writ large,&quot; and that AI &quot;could have an enormous negative effect tomorrow&quot; in elections and public markets. <a href="https://t.co/owL9BYjYb0">pic.twitter.com/owL9BYjYb0</a>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/think-again-rubio-warns-americans-against-tiktok-wants-it-banned">‘Think Again’: Rubio Warns Americans Against TikTok, Wants It Banned</a>

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Senate Intel Chairman: We Fear TikTok Being ‘Used As A Propaganda Channel For The Chinese Communist Party’

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Technology

TikTok

Former President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden during a Saturday campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire, saying Chinese President Xi Jinping will be greeted with a “feeble and compromised” president during a meeting this week. 
Trump, the GOP frontrunner, blasted Biden’s foreign policy and said the world has become less safe during the current administration. He called out Biden’s “weakness,” which he said Xi would be able to exploit. Biden is expected to meet with Xi on Wednesday during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California. 
&#8220;Under Biden, our adversaries see the weakness and foolishness of America’s leaders,” Trump <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-president-trump-pledges-to-end-ukraine-war-before-even-taking-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, according to The Post Millennial. “When President Xi sits across the table from Crooked Joe, as he will Wednesday in San Francisco, he will see a feeble and compromised politician who can be humiliated and steamrolled.&#8221;
&#8220;No one respects or fears this administration — and it’s leading to danger, death, destruction, war, chaos, and bedlam all over the world,&#8221; Trump added. 
Trump told the crowd that if they wanted to avoid a third world war – which he says has “never been closer” than under Biden – their choice in the election was “simple,” touting his foreign policy record as president. He said the country was “respected by everyone” during his term and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-bidens-foreign-policy-says-his-weakness-provokes-war-and-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reiterated</a> his warning to America’s adversaries that if they “spill a drop of American blood, we spill a gallon” of theirs. 
&#8220;So whether you are a Democrat, Republican or independent, if you don’t want your sons and daughters drafted to fight and die in distant foreign lands, if you don’t want your nation wrecked, if you don’t want your economy destroyed, if you don’t want American blood and American treasure squandered in a needless global war, then your choice in this election is simple: you must vote for President Donald J. Trump.&#8221;
According to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-xi-meeting-negotiations-delicate-protocol-apec-171051514458fbce3b83ed959c80b8cf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Associated Press, the details of the Biden-Xi meeting – which will be on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco – are still being hashed out. This is the first time Xi will make his way to the U.S. in six years. 
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“Chinese officials will want to project to their domestic audience that Xi is received by Biden with dignity and respect,” director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institute Ryan Hass told the AP. 
Potential topics of discussion between Biden and Xi include increased Chinese aggression toward Taiwan and Xi Jinping’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, all topics U.S. officials have expressed concern about in recent weeks, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-xi-meeting-san-francisco-apec-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in late October.
The last time Biden met in person with Xi was a year ago while in Bali, Indonesia, at the G20 Summit. Those talks lasted nearly three hours, the AP reported.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-bidens-foreign-policy-says-his-weakness-provokes-war-and-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went after</a> Biden&#8217;s foreign policy last month in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Nevada: “To every American who is terrified that Joe Biden’s catastrophic weakness will bring our country to ruin … as your president, I will restore peace through strength on the earth.&#8221;

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Trump Says Chinese President Will See A ‘Feeble And Compromised Politician’ In Biden At Upcoming Meeting

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The five presidential candidates who attended the third Republican debate in Miami were asked to give their positions on banning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a>, an app controlled by China&#8217;s communist government.
The candidates were asked their positions on the matter in response to the app being flooded with pro-Hamas propaganda after the unprecedented terrorist attack last month in which the terror group murdered 1,400 Israelis.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called TikTok &#8220;spyware,&#8221; saying that it was &#8220;polluting the minds of American young people all throughout this country.&#8221;
&#8220;And they&#8217;re doing it intentionally,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And when you saw what happened in the last few weeks, with all of this anti-Semitic, horrible stuff that their algorithms were pushing out at a gargantuan rate — this is China trying to further divide the United States of America. And this is one of the big failings, among many, of the Trump administration. He talked tough about TikTok. I heard him do it many times. But when it came down to it, he did not ban them when he could have and should have. And now since then, we&#8217;ve had an additional, nearly six years of this type of poison being put out throughout the United States, even putting aside the spying, which we know is going on, and the theft of American personal data and information.&#8221;
He said that if he was president he would ban TikTok during his first week in office.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis agreed, saying that China was the &#8220;top threat&#8221; that the U.S. faces and that &#8220;they&#8217;ve been very effective at infiltrating different parts of our society.&#8221;
&#8220;So my policy on China and the Chinese Communist Party is very simple: we win, they lose,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And in order to do that, it&#8217;s not just military, it&#8217;s economic and it&#8217;s cultural. And as the dad of a six, five, and a three-year-old, I&#8217;m concerned about the data that they&#8217;re getting from our young people, and what they&#8217;re doing to pollute the minds of our young people. These kids get these devices, and they have a mind of their own.&#8221;
DeSantis said that winning the culture war against China was critical to being able to beat them militarily and economically.
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When former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was asked to respond, she instead attacked DeSantis over what she claimed was his record on dealing with China. DeSantis strongly pushed back on her assertions.
Pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy took a swipe at Haley once he was asked to answer the question, saying, &#8220;I want to laugh at why Nikki Haley didn&#8217;t answer your question, which was about looking at families in the eye.&#8221;
Haley and Ramaswamy ended up getting into an intense back-and-forth that resulted in Haley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-explodes-at-vivek-ramaswamy-during-debate-youre-just-scum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling</a> Ramaswamy &#8220;scum.&#8221;
Ramaswamy later did answer the question and suggested that the app should be banned and said that U.S. companies should be banned from transferring data to the Chinese.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said, &#8220;What we should do is ban TikTok, period.&#8221;
&#8220;If you cannot ban TikTok, you should eliminate the Chinese presence on the app, period,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We also should provide — in my parents Bill of Rights, we give parents the opportunity to give their kids permission under 14 to be on those apps. I think it&#8217;s incredibly important for us as Americans to take back control of the information, especially of our kids. Where does it go? We should know that. One of the ways that we get to know that is by having a parental consent. But if we can eliminate TikTok, that is a first step.&#8221;
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GOP Candidates Asked To Give Their Positions On Banning China-Controlled TikTok

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The Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is propagandizing young Americans to back terrorists against Israel, according to Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI).
Gallagher, who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said in a video posted Saturday that TikTok “is perhaps the largest-scale malign influence operation ever conducted.” The Wisconsin Republican said the platform is in large part responsible for anti-Israel attitudes among young Americans.
Gallagher cited a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll from last month that showed 51% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 believe that Hamas’ October 7 terror attack on Israel “can be justified by the grievance of Palestinians,” according to the <a href="https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HHP_Oct23_KeyResults.pdf">poll</a>.
“How do we reach a point where a majority of young Americans hold such a morally bankrupt view of the world? Where many young Americans were rooting for terrorists who kidnapped American citizens and against a key American ally, our closest ally in the Middle East?” Gallagher asked.
The answer is TikTok, he said. The social media app is run by its parent company, Bytedance, a Chinese tech company. Republicans and Democrats have accused TikTok of being a Chinese propaganda outfit. Multiple state governments have banned the app over security concerns.
“TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, is Chinese, and in China there is no such thing as a private company. We know for a fact that the CCP uses TikTok to push its propaganda and censor views that diverge from the party line,” Gallagher said.
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Numerous reports have found TikTok censoring and suppressing content about Xinjiang, Tibet, Tiananmen Square, and other issues sensitive to the CCP. TikTok has also suppressed content about LGBT issues, and even temporarily blocked a teenage American Muslim activist who criticized the CCP’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims,” Gallagher said. “If you doubt that the CCP would introduce anti-Semitic or anti-Western bias into apps under its de facto control, consider that on October 31st, The Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese web platforms Baidu and Alibaba have wiped Israel off the map.”
The Wisconsin representative compared TikTok’s impact on America to “if, in 1962, right before the Cuban Missile Crisis, we had allowed Pravda and the KGB to purchase The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC, and NBC.”
“It’s time to ban TikTok, or at least force the sale to an American company. The clock is ticking,” Gallagher said.
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGallagher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@repgallagher</a>: How are so many young people in America siding with Hamas terrorists?
Who have killed at least 30 Americans and kidnapped a dozen more, still at this moment holding 10 hostages.
Where are they getting their news? 
The answer, increasingly, is TikTok &#8211; an… <a href="https://t.co/RDaTamjrHC">pic.twitter.com/RDaTamjrHC</a>
&mdash; The Select Committee on the CCP (@committeeonccp) <a href="https://twitter.com/committeeonccp/status/1720791984632127715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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TikTok Driving Young Americans To Root ‘For Terrorists,’ GOP Lawmaker Says

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Chinese Communist Party

Hamas

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Missouri GOP Senator Eric Schmitt is speaking out about China’s role in the world, saying the “dynamic” in world affairs has “changed dramatically.” 
Schmitt made the comments on Sunday during an <a href="https://catsroundtable.com/sen-eric-schmitt-the-us-has-serious-problems-confronting-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on “The Cats Roundtable” talk show with host John Catsimatidis. He said “China’s ambitions” pose a bigger threat than previous adversaries because it is both a military and economic rival.
“I don’t think we’re starting to come to grips with that as a country, but China views themselves as a, you know, 5,000-year-old civilization,” he continued. “They are hell-bent on world domination – now they’ve kind of showed their fangs.”
Schmitt said China is using the belt-and-road initiative to achieve its rise by trapping poorer countries in a “debt trap.” He added that China’s increasing aggression in the South China Sea, where the communist country has built islands in an attempt to increase its claims over the territory. 
The Missouri Republican also warned about China’s military and space capabilities, pointing out that it has a larger navy than the U.S., that it obtained hypersonic missiles, and that they are in space. China&#8217;s People&#8217;s Liberation Army has approximately 340 warships, a number that&#8217;s expected to grow to 400 in the next couple of years. The United States has fewer than 300 ships, according to the Pentagon’s 2022 China Military Power <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/asia/china-navy-fleet-size-history-victory-intl-hnk-ml/index.html#:~:text=The%20People's%20Liberation%20Army%20Navy,two%20years%2C%20the%20report%20says." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Report</a>. U.S. officials expect to have 350 ships by 2045. 
“If you think about that, the dynamic has changed dramatically,” Schmitt said. “The United States of America, you know, during the Cold War, we had a nuclear rival with Russia – a military rival. But never a military and an economic rival. That’s what we have with China.”
The former Missouri attorney general said the United States has to take the threat China poses “seriously” because we don’t have a “military-industrial base right now.” He said that for the U.S. to be able to compete on the world stage, it must “build that back up.” 
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Schmitt, who <a href="https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/membership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sits on</a> the Senate Committee on Armed Services, blasted “climate alarmism” and Biden&#8217;s policies for sending American jobs to China when Catsimatidis asked if the U.S. “may be in trouble” in the case of a “real war.” 
“This is a big concern,” Schmitt said. “I think it plays into, again, the Biden agenda, when you have this obsession with climate alarmism like they have, we have all the energy we’ll ever need right under our feet to be competitive from an industrial perspective.&#8221;
“But we’re shipping all those jobs essentially to China, and they’re mining all those rare earth materials there,” Schmitt said. “We could be doing it here. … Our supply chains are compromised. We need to bring those home.”
Schmitt blasted Biden’s broad foreign policy as well, noting the current administration’s &#8220;soft on Iran approach,&#8221; Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel, and the 2020 withdrawal from Afghanistan potentially leaving resources that are now being used by Hamas, saying, “Everything they could get wrong, they’ve gotten wrong on foreign policy.”

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House Republicans investigating the Biden family for corruption said on Friday that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> was “stonewalling” their request for documents related to alleged loans he provided to his brother James Biden. 
The claims from the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability come after Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bank-records-show-biden-received-laundered-money-from-china-comer-says">bank records show</a> that the president received $40,000 in laundered Chinese money. House Republicans have asked for more documentation on the loans, but say they have so far been refused. 
“The White House today made clear to us that President Biden is refusing to hand over loan documents for any ‘loans’ he provided to his brother, James Biden,” a statement posted to X by the Oversight committee said. “We’ve exposed nearly a quarter of a million of dollars that James Biden sent to Joe Biden as ‘loan repayments’ that were funded by laundered China money and influence peddling schemes.”
“Is this what ‘the most transparent administration in history’ is supposed to look like?” the post added. “We won’t be stopped by the President’s stonewalling. We’ll continue to follow the money, expose President Biden’s corruption, and deliver accountability.”
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According to Comer, a $40,000 check written to Biden by his sister-in-law Sara originated from Northern International Capital, a Chinese company affiliated with Chinese conglomerate CEFC. Eventually, it made its way to James and Sara Biden after going through a series of Hunter Biden-linked entities. James and his wife, Sara, then sent Joe Biden a $40,000 check as a “loan repayment.”
Comer and House Republicans have questioned the nature of the reported $40,000 check and another $200,000 check also referred to as a loan repayment. 
Democrats <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/politics/fact-check-evidence-supports-democrats-case-that-joe-biden-made-a-personal-loan-to-his-brother/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have argued</a> that the loans were just between James and Joe Biden, while Republicans have said that the money used to pay the president back originally came from China. 
“It’s certainly plausible that this payment where James and Sara used funds from China was indeed a loan repayment to Joe. But even if this $40,000 check was a loan repayment from James Biden, it still shows how Joe benefited from his family cashing in on his name – with money from China no less,” Comer said this week. 
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Republicans <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1720842266535690713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have said</a> that the legacy media has ignored the story, saying that there would be accountability. 
“It’s time for Corporate Media to wake up and report on one of the biggest scandals in U.S. history,” the Oversight committee said Saturday. “President Biden and the Admin he promised would be the most transparent in history continue to stonewall us at every turn. There will be accountability.&#8221;

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House Oversight and Accountability Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said that bank records uncovered by lawmakers reveal that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> received $40,000 in laundered money from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>.
According to Comer, the money to Biden originated from Northern International Capital, a Chinese company affiliated with Chinese conglomerate CEFC. Eventually, it made its way to James and Sara Biden after going through a series of Hunter Biden-linked entities. James, the president&#8217;s brother, and his wife, Sara, then sent Joe Biden a $40,000 check as a “loan repayment.”
“Remember when Joe Biden told the American people that his son didn’t make money in China? Well, not only did he lie about his son Hunter making money in China, but it also turns out that $40,000 in laundered China money landed in Joe Biden’s bank account in the form of a personal check. And the Oversight Committee has it,” Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-how-joe-biden-received-laundered-china-money/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video message released by House Republicans explaining the new banking memorandum detailing the check. 
The <a href="https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/House%20Oversight%20and%20Accountability%20Memo%2011.1.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> said Northern International Capital sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a joint venture created by Hunter and a CEFC associate. On August 8, 2017, $400,000 was sent from Hudson West III to an entity affiliated with Hunter Biden. Then, on August 14, 2017, the Hunter entity sent $150,000 to the Lion Hall Group, an entity affiliated with James and Sara. 
On August 28, 2017, Sara withdrew $50,000 from the Lion Hall Group and deposited it into her and James’ personal checking account, according to Comer. On September 3, 2017, Sara then wrote the $40,000 check to Joe Biden, Comer said. 
“It’s certainly plausible that this payment where James and Sara used funds from China was indeed a loan repayment to Joe. But even if this $40,000 check was a loan repayment from James Biden, it still shows how Joe benefited from his family cashing in on his name – with money from China no less,” Comer said. 
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According to the timeline provided by Comer, the money transfers began <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-threatened-chinese-business-partner-for-payment-i-am-sitting-here-with-my-father" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just days after</a> Hunter had reportedly invoked his father in a WhatsApp message to CEFC associate Raymond Zhao. 
Hunter reportedly wrote in a July 30, 2017, message to Zhao: “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
The message was first revealed by IRS whistleblowers who said their investigations into Hunter were hindered by leadership.

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Over the years, the United States has produced many remarkable generals and admirals, but only a few have stood out as world-class strategists and leaders of troops. As Veterans Day approaches on November 11, let’s remember and celebrate them. Here is my list of America’s finest 11 commanders.
<h2>Matthew B. Ridgway, 1895-1993 (WWII and Korea)</h2>
Few generals have done more to completely reverse a catastrophic strategic situation — proverbially pulling victory from the jaws of defeat — in so little time, as did the infectiously driven Ridgway during the Korean War. West Point Class of 1917, this was a man who parachuted with the 82nd Airborne into Europe during World War II at age 49. His standard accoutrements of a grenade hanging on one breast pocket and a first aid kit on the other projected the image of a bona fide field general, which he was, endearing him to the men.
<div id="attachment_646321" style="width: 471px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646321" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646321" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-461x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) Portrait of General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, United States Army." width="461" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-461x576.jpg 461w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-240x300.jpg 240w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-768x959.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010.jpg 820w" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px" />(Original Caption) Portrait of General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, United States Army. Getty Images.</div>
Such a tough, no-nonsense commander was needed in Korea in the winter of 1950-51, when Ridgway’s superior, Douglas MacArthur, found himself in headlong retreat following the massive Chinese counterattack which negated his stunning victory at Inchon in the fall and subsequent advance through North Korea to the Yalu River on China’s border. The heady days of MacArthur’s optimistically named “Home By Christmas” offensive were long gone. By January 1951, the South Korean capital Seoul was back in communist hands, and the seemingly invincible Chinese People’s Liberation Army looked ready to push the withdrawing UN forces off the peninsula entirely.
The U.S. was fortunate to have Ridgway, who had never served in Asia before he got the call to fly to Korea and take over the Eighth Army after a jeep accident killed its previous commander, Gen. Walton Walker. In fact, as he took stock of the seemingly desperate situation on the peninsula, he soon realized he’d seen this scenario before, and Ridgway was well-suited to halt Mao’s winter offensive.
<div id="attachment_646323" style="width: 727px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646323" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646323" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-717x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) : (Douglas MacArthur at the front lines above Suwon, Korea, accompained by Courtney J. Whitney, Matthew B. Ridgway, William B. Kean, and others.) Photoprint by USASC 28 Jan. 1951(no. SC 356736) lot 8755 (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)" width="717" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-717x576.jpg 717w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-300x241.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-768x617.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px" />(Original Caption) : (Douglas MacArthur at the front lines above Suwon, Korea, accompanied by Courtney J. Whitney, Matthew B. Ridgway, William B. Kean, and others.) Photoprint by USASC 28 Jan. 1951(no. SC 356736) lot 8755 (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)</div>
During the Second World War, Ridgway had been instrumental in blunting the German winter attack of 1944-45 through the Ardennes, popularly called The Battle Of The Bulge. He restored order and discipline to his panicked troops, a circumstance eerily similar to the UN “bug-out” before him. While some saw the Red Chinese as supermen, Ridgway had no such fearful delusions. In fact, he understood that by the time the communists had retaken Seoul, they were over-extended and suffering from exposure to the elements as well as malnourishment due to severely taxed logistics. This was not unlike the position Von Rundstedt’s Panzer groups found themselves in by January 1945. While some generals and civilian authorities alike were declaring Korea lost and planning for evacuation, Ridgway saw an opportunity to destroy Mao’s exhausted, starving, frost-bitten legions.
Stern, ramrod straight, in excellent physical health, one gets the feeling that were we to look up “U.S. General” in the dictionary, Ridgway’s resolute face would glare back at us. And his determination to win prompted him to get the word out that the plague of defeatism was over. The U.S. would go on the offensive and end this “bug out” nonsense. In fact, he forbade even the use of that defeatist term. Ridgway officially took command of the Eighth Army on December 26, 1950, and by January 15 the U.S. and Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) divisions were holding firm. There would be no evacuation of the peninsula.
<div id="attachment_646333" style="width: 467px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646333" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646333" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-457x576.jpg" alt="" width="457" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-457x576.jpg 457w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-238x300.jpg 238w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-768x967.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342.jpg 813w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" />(Original Caption) Commander Of The 8th Army Goes To The Front, Korean Battle Continues. Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway, commanding General 8th Army talks with James H. Lee, Dallas, Texas, during the former&#8217;s inspection of the front line positions in Korea. The General is on the right. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)</div>
In preparation for his counteroffensive, Ridgway led by example; his first order of business was to move the Eighth Army Headquarters from 115 miles south right up to the front lines. Then he constantly roamed and overflew the lines, getting a feel for the men’s needs and concerns. Having stabilized the front (a Ridgway hallmark) he then instilled in his men a sense of a righteous mission to save the world from communist enslavers.
Beyond ideological verve, Ridgway made sure that his troops had the full support of their commanders who would provide them with good winter clothes, plenty of food and ammo, reliable weaponry, and a sense that, as badly worn as they were, the Chinese were much worse off. Indeed, with severe winter laying waste to the poorly equipped, drained enemy, he viewed the bitter cold as an ally. A point he made sure was driven home to the men as well.
With this renewed confidence, Ridgway’s command opened up its February 1951 counteroffensive; he set about using his overwhelming advantage in artillery and air power to systematically destroy the malnourished and exhausted Chinese. As a clue to his mindset as a no-nonsense warrior, Ridgway dubbed his offensive operations pugnacious names like “Killer,” “Ripper,” and “Rugged.”  This was typical Ridgway bravado, designed to inculcate in his men a ruthlessness that gushed down from their commanding general to the lowliest private.
<div id="attachment_646337" style="width: 633px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646337" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646337" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-623x576.jpg" alt="Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993), CG of the United States Eighth Army, standing in front of his USAF B-17 plane 'Hi Penny' during the Korean War, Korea, 30 January 1951. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)" width="623" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-623x576.jpg 623w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-300x277.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-768x710.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px" />Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993), CG of the United States Eighth Army, standing in front of his USAF B-17 plane &#8216;Hi Penny&#8217; during the Korean War, Korea, 30 January 1951. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)</div>
Soon the U.S. and R.O.K. columns were advancing northwards again, retaking Seoul in March 1951. So successful was Ridgway’s 100-day turn-around of UN fortunes, that President Truman felt he had political clout to fire the outspokenly recalcitrant MacArthur and put Ridgway in overall theater command. It is no exaggeration to say that Ridgway saved the war, and with it Truman’s presidency and the United States’ credibility.
As with certain iconoclastic figures, Ridgway could rub his peers in the military and those in the political arena the wrong way with his strong views on how wars and policy should be conducted. Yet, unlike MacArthur – whom he publicly praised while privately vowing not to repeat his mistake racing to the Yalu – he understood and respected his subordinate role. He was a firm believer in military subservience to civilian control. Married three times, the maverick general who lived to 98, managed throughout his career to speak his mind, unconcerned for his career path. In particular, he clashed with Eisenhower over mission creep in Southeast Asia and U.S. hegemony. In turn, Eisenhower despised Ridgway so much that in his memoirs he never even mentions him, falsely showering credit for retaking Seoul onto Ridgway’s Eighth Army command successor Gen. Van Fleet.
<div id="attachment_646335" style="width: 735px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646335" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646335" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-725x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) General Matthew B. Ridgway (right) is greeted by President Truman as he arrives, May 19, at the White House with General Omar Bradley (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ridgway is enroute to Europe where he will replace Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as NATO commander. While in Washington, Ridgway will be called before the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 21, to be questioned on the Koje Island prison capture of an American General." width="725" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-725x576.jpg 725w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-300x238.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-768x611.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px" />(Original Caption) General Matthew B. Ridgway (right) is greeted by President Truman as he arrives, May 19, at the White House with General Omar Bradley (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ridgway is enroute to Europe where he will replace Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as NATO commander. While in Washington, Ridgway will be called before the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 21, to be questioned on the Koje Island prison capture of an American General.</div>
Ridgway’s vision for a modern military went beyond strategy. He was a champion of integration of all armed forces, while opposing women in combat. Seen by the Left as too merciless and the Right as too isolationist, nevertheless, it was Matthew Ridgway, along with Truman and MacArthur, who was most responsible for saving South Korea, and with it, the millions of citizens who were spared the hellish existence of living under their northern antagonists — enemies whom this underappreciated American general knew how to fight so well.
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Threats to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States</a> are &#8220;intertwined&#8221; and should not be ignored, Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) said on Tuesday, calling for Washington to rally behind allies such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> and Ukraine as lawmakers consider the Biden administration&#8217;s latest request to bolster them financially.
The top Republican <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?531496-1/senate-session&amp;vod&amp;start=1582" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke on the Senate floor</a> about how U.S. adversaries Iran, Russia, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> &#8220;share interests,&#8221; which can be seen from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine</a> to Iran&#8217;s support of groups that wreak havoc on Israel.
&#8220;They see themselves in conflict with the West and especially with America,&#8221; McConnell said. &#8220;Russia would love to see Iranian-backed terrorists in the Middle East weaken America and our allies. Iran would love to see a Russian victory against Ukraine that divides the West and deepens its own defense cooperation with Moscow. And China for its part would love to see America&#8217;s resolve to stand with European and Israeli allies and reestablish actual deterrence against Russia and Iran crumble.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;So at the risk of repeating myself, the threats facing America and our allies are serious and they&#8217;re intertwined. If we ignore that fact, we do so at our own peril.&#8221; The Kentucky Republican also urged his Democrat colleagues &#8220;to show some common sense by working with Republicans to stop the border crisis, rebuild American military strength, and stand with our friends in Ukraine, Israel, and Asia.&#8221;
Congress is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-disrupt-blinken-during-hearing-on-aid-for-israel-ukraine-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently grappling with</a> President Joe Biden&#8217;s request for roughly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/politics/bidens-funds-israel-ukraine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$106 billion</a>, including $14.3 billion for Israel — which is fighting Iran-backed Hamas following its deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli soil earlier this month — $61.4 billion for Ukraine, as well as money for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, humanitarian assistance, and border security.
In the Senate, which is narrowly controlled by Democrats, <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/24/congress/bidens-big-bill-in-trouble-ukraine-israel-border-00123292" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talks have gotten underway</a> about whether to link Israel aid to more financial support for Ukraine. At least a few Republicans are needed to reach the 60 votes needed to clear the filibuster. While some GOP senators favor individual packages, others have signaled they are willing to consider Biden&#8217;s request with concessions, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-republicans-seek-concessions-bidens-106-billion-request/story?id=104259837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to ABC News</a>. The U.S. has already designated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than $100 billion</a> in aid to Ukraine as it fights Russia and there is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republican-opposition-ukraine-aid-grows-threatening-funds-war-ra-rcna117406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing GOP opposition</a> to allocating more funds to the cause.
House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-proposes-israel-aid-offset-by-irs-budget-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> a plan on Monday to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel while rescinding the same amount of funds allocated to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/internal-revenue-service-irs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</a>. House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) told Fox News that he hoped for bipartisan support for the measure, but acknowledged that the proposal was a <a href="https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/1719077935238222161" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;first draft.&#8221;</a> He also said the United States is &#8220;not just going to print money and send it overseas.&#8221;
A statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested the House GOP proposal was a &#8220;nonstarter,&#8221; adding that &#8220;demanding offsets for meeting core national security needs of the United States — like supporting Israel and defending Ukraine from atrocities and Russian imperialism — would be a break with the normal, bipartisan process and could have devastating implications for our safety and alliances in the years ahead.&#8221;
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In remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he was &#8220;deeply troubled&#8221; by the House Republicans&#8217; &#8220;partisan&#8221; legislation not having funds for Ukraine, humanitarian assistance for Gaza, and the Indo-Pacific. Schumer also said the House GOP plan contained <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1719361623612113379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;poison pills&#8221;</a> that benefit the wealthy &#8220;tax cheats&#8221; and would increase the deficit.

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McConnell Warns Of ‘Intertwined’ Threats Amid Debate Over Israel And Ukraine Aid

McConnell Warns Of 'Intertwined' Threats Amid Debate Over Israel And Ukraine Aid

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