‘We Seek Competition’: Kamala Harris Claims Chinese Spy Balloon Doesn’t Impact Relations With Communist Country

Tim MeadsFebruary 15, 2023

To solve a problem, you must first acknowledge it.

That means the Biden administration will admit that China is an enemy. Yet despite the Chinese Communist Party’s affront to American sovereignty via spy balloons — and other intrusions — Vice President Kamala Harris still views the Red Dragon as a respected challenger of the U.S. instead of as the geopolitical threat that it is.

POLITICO conducted a interview with Harris on Wednesday. The veep stated that China’s recent events are not interfering with American relations with China.

“I don’t think so, no,” Harris Submitted POLITICO asked POLITICO whether the White House has altered its diplomatic strategy towards the CCP.

She continued, “Everything that has happened in the last week and a half is, we believe, very consistent with our stated approach.”

If the stated strategy is to allow China to walk all over the U.S. then that comment makes sense. It also appears that Biden’s tactic is to appease our adversaries. Harris said that Harris spoke to the Northern Virginia-based magazine. “We seek competition, but not conflict or confrontation” China.

Rep. Nick Langworthy (R.NY) responded to the story by tweeting “This sums up everything that is wrong with this administration in a nutshell. They will never devise an adequate strategy to deal with China because they don’t even realize the problem.”

This is the bottom line of everything wrong with this administration. They will never devise an adequate strategy to deal with China because they don’t even realize the problem. https://t.co/8VewOap1A7

— Congressman Nick Langworthy (@RepLangworthy) February 15, 2023

Langworthy isn’t the only one who has concerns.

Senators J.D. Vance (R.OH) and Josh Hawley, (R.MO) have been raising alarms about China in recent weeks. Both gentlemen fail to understand why the U.S. is supporting an endless war without a clear path for outright victory in Ukraine while China is barking at America’s gates.

In late January, Vance Submitted Media reports that U.S. support of the Eastern European nation could endanger our long-term relationship with China.

“We have sent so much of our munitions down, so much of our military-grade equipment down, if we have to fight a war against China – which I think is far more likely and, frankly, it’s a far more dangerous opponent – that’s what worries me, is that the focus on Russia comes at the expense of China,” He said.

The freshman senator stated that the U.S. cannot afford to fight both enemies at once.

“Unfortunately, we cannot fight two enemies at once, and whether we fight the Chinese – God forbid, directly, or indirectly – down the road over the next 20 or 30 years, we need to focus where the real problem is,” He concluded. “In my view that’s China.”

Hawley also suggested that China is taking such bold actions because they know that Biden may not be as strong than previous presidents.

“Now #China is OPENLY spying on us and the Biden Admin does nothing,” Hawley took to Twitter after the foreign nation confirmed that the spy ballon belonged to them. “China is trolling us. They know Biden is weak.”

Get it now #China We are being OPENLY spied on by China, while the Biden Admin does not do anything. China is trolling us. They know Biden is weak.https://t.co/FCfdOBHNZb”>https://t.co/FCfdOBHNZb

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) February 3, 2023

As recently pointed out by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), it is not just in the air that China is exposing America’s failure to protect its borders, but on the ground as well. The Daily Wire previously reported that nearly all of the chemicals used in creating fentanyl were shipped from China to Mexico. Biden states that border authorities have been unable to stop the shipment of fentanyl from China. Between 5%-10% of these drugs to enter the country. This has led to the death of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

Republicans see Communist China as a threat to American way of living and recognize it as an enemy.

Joe Biden would rather play footsy against Xi Jinping. pic.twitter.com/uhI9N7NMpx

— Jim Banks (@Jim_Banks) February 12, 2023

Why would the Administration want to cooperate with a regime playing a key part in killing Americans and enriching drug cartels.

It is almost as if the answer to this question is corruption. That means that Biden and other actors profit financially from China (ex. The Penn-Biden Center, Hunter’s An illustrious career in business).

If wrongdoing is not the guiding policy, then it must be pure incompetence that the administration adopts such a strategy.

The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.