IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SAYS THE U-S SHOULDN’T LET CHINA DICTATE THE ITINERARY OF ANY AMERICAN TRAVELING ABROAD, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE AS HIGH-RANKING AS U-S HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.
SHE’S ON AN ASIAN TOUR, INCLUDING A VISIT TO TAIWAN, WHICH HAS PROMPTED CHINA TO ISSUE A SERIES OF THREATS WHILE FLEXING ITS MILITARY MUSCLES.
TAIWAN OC…….”NOT GO TO” :08
IOWA 4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RANDY FEENSTRA AGREES, SAYING CHINA CANNOT INTERFERE WITH U.S. POLICY DECISIONS:
TAIWAN1 OC…COMES TO TAIWAN. :24
CHINA CONSIDERS TAIWAN PART OF ITS TERRITORY, AND GRASSLEY SAYS IT’S NOT A MISTAKE FOR PELOSI TO VISIT THE ISLAND, WHICH WOULD SEND A MESSAGE THE U-S SUPPORTS TAIWAN’S INDEPENDENCE.
A CHINESE OFFICIAL REPORTEDLY SAID, “THOSE WHO PLAY WITH FIRE WILL PERISH BY IT,” IN REGARDS TO PELOSI’S TRAVEL PLANS.
TAIWAN2 OC…….. “GO TO CHINA” :12
PELOSI IS THE HIGHEST RANKING U-S OFFICIAL TO VISIT TAIWAN SINCE THEN-HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH STOPPED THERE IN 1997.
