Sen. Kennedy Calls Out Pelosi’s Delegation to Taiwan: Not Bipartisan

Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy (R-La.) has ripped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for making her Taiwan trip a partisan one as it lacked the participation of a Republican lawmaker. 

In an interview with Fox News, Kennedy contended that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should have been added to the congressional delegation.

Kennedy said, “I’m glad the speaker went, but if she really wanted to demonstrate strength from the United States of America, she would have brought Kevin McCarthy along.”

Pelosi has invited Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to join her trip but he could not make it due to a pre-arranged personal engagement.

Members of the congressional delegation on her trip were all Democrat lawmakers including Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Suzan DelBene (D- Wash.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.).

Even though he confirmed his support for Pelosi’s trip to the democratically governed island, Kennedy called the visit “a show” that helped the House speaker to deflect from hot issues allegedly caused by Democrat policies.

“And the added benefit of all this is that we’re not talking about inflation or crime or the open border or her husband’s stock trades,” Kennedy said.

According to Kennedy, Pelosi made the legacy trip to get recognition even at the risk of escalating the tension between the United States and China.

“This entire exercise began with Speaker Pelosi’s ego. I think she thought up this trip as a way to say, well, look at me one more time,” the Republican lawmaker said.

“Now, when you’re talking about a nuclear war with China, you should take your ego out back and shoot it,” he added. 

“But that’s not Speaker Pelosi’s way. She knows, after the midterms, she’s not going to be speaker

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