{"id":38939,"date":"2020-05-24T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38939"},"modified":"2020-05-24T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:47:58","slug":"foreign-interference-in-our-government-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38939","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Interference In Our Government In Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"

PJ Media<\/a> posted an article yesterday with the following headline, “Dems Block China Investigation Even After Communist Regime Threatens U.S. Senators by Name.” Great. We have another country threatening our Representatives if they do their job.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cCoronavirus Committee Dems won\u2019t let us investigate China\u2019s cover-up,\u201d House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) tweeted. \u201cWhy? \u2013 China\u2019s lies caused global suffering & economic devastation \u2013 China undermined our efforts to combat the virus \u2013 China is reportedly trying to steal our vaccine research They must be held accountable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

If Democrats are going to investigate President Trump\u2019s response to the coronavirus crisis, they should also investigate China\u2019s malfeasance. Just last week, Chinese officials threatened \u201cserious consequences\u201d<\/a> for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, along with two state attorneys general. The officials named\u00a0Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), along with Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chinese government is lashing out at those in the U.S. who are appropriately trying to hold them accountable for intentionally misleading us about the nature of the novel coronavirus, where it was spreading and how quickly things were getting out of control. I consider their threats a badge of honor,\u201d Banks replied.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) filed a lawsuit<\/a> last month demanding tens of billions of dollars in damages due to China\u2019s coronavirus malfeasance, which allegedly violated Missouri law. Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) filed a lawsuit allowing Mississippians to bring claims against China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We need to remember that the communist government of China is not our friend. They are not anyone’s friend.<\/p>\n

The article lists some of the destructive actions of China relating to the coronavirus:<\/p>\n

China received 2.4 billion pieces of PPE from other countries. Yet when\u00a0countries asked China for PPE,\u00a0the Communist Party extorted them \u2014 only sending valuable medical aid if political leaders agreed to publicly praise Beijing<\/a>.\u00a0Chinese companies also sent faulty medical gear<\/a> and coronavirus antibody tests to European countries, and an\u00a0Associated Press investigation revealed<\/a> the prevalence of counterfeit masks in America, likely tracing back to a major Chinese factory.\u00a0Meanwhile,\u00a0the Communist Party also prevented U.S. companies<\/a> from shipping their own medical gear back home, where it is sorely needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wuhan was not put under lockdown until January 22-23. On January 26, Wuhan\u2019s mayor admitted that 5 million people had already left the city.\u00a0Chinese President Xi Jinping said he had \u201cissued requirements for the prevention and control of the new Coronavirus\u201d as early as January 7. He\u00a0could have acted to shut down Wuhan as early as January 7, two weeks before the city was shut down. A University of Southampton study found that if strict quarantine measures had been introduced three weeks earlier, the coronavirus\u2019s spread would have been reduced by 95 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the coronavirus spread across the globe, China\u2019s Communist Party put out a video encouraging Italians to hug Chinese people<\/a>\u00a0to prove they weren\u2019t racist \u2014 while China was lying about the true danger of the virus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, the Chinese Communist Party is also attempting cyber espionage<\/a> on American attempts to create a coronavirus vaccine and cure. Chinese officials are also refusing to cooperate<\/a> in the search for the coronavirus\u2019 origins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is definitely time to put trade restrictions on China and move American manufacturing out of China. We need to start shopping for ‘made in America’ products.<\/p>\n

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