Stefanik calls for intelligence report on Chinese spy balloon: ‘wake-up call for Joe Biden’

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, RN.Y., on Friday demanded an intelligence briefing on China’s “violation of United States airspace” in response to a Communist nation’s spy balloon hovering over Montana.

“The Chinese Communist Party’s violation of United States airspace and growing military aggression pose a threat to our national security,” Stefanik said in a statement Friday. “This should be a wake up call to Joe Biden’s weakness on the world stage. He can no longer let China, our greatest geopolitical challenge, undermine us.”

CHINA CONFIRMS THAT THE BALLOON IS THEIR OWN AS REPRESENTATIVE CONFIRMS THAT IT IS A CIVIL RESEARCH AIRSHIP

President Biden refused to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon after being informed that it did not pose a security risk. On Friday, China said the hot air balloon is a weather research tool that has gone astray.

Stefanik, a member of the House Standing Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Armed Services Committee, said the briefing is necessary to ensure China does not violate U.S. airspace again as the country becomes a growing security threat.

“As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Standing Select Committee on Intelligence, I demand an immediate intelligence briefing so we can know exactly how this happened and the malicious intent behind this espionage to ensure we hold China. accountable so that the CCP no longer violates American sovereignty,” Stefanik said.

Republicans insist Biden stop ‘appeasing’ China and shoot down spy balloon

President Biden refused to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon after being informed that it did not pose a security risk.
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The White House on Friday suspended Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s scheduled visit to China next week. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said shooting down the balloon could endanger civilians as debris falls and destroys property.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has convened a Gang of Eight spy balloon meeting that includes the two top leaders and bipartisan intelligence committee members in each house.

GOP rips Biden apart after alleged Chinese spy balloon was found floating over US

A Chinese hot air balloon flies through the skies over Billings, Montana, USA on February 1, 2023, in this social media image.
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Several prominent Republicans called on Biden to shoot down the Chinese balloon.

“President Biden needs to stop pampering and appeasing the Chinese Communists,” Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton tweeted. “Deflate the balloon now and use his technology package, which could be a gold mine of exploration.”

“Crash the balloon,” former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley tweeted Friday. “Cancel Blinken’s trip. Hold China accountable. Biden is letting China walk around us. It’s time to make America strong again.”