Wendy Sherman: “The Chinese Communist Party obviously believes that they can invade America's airspace deliberately, notoriously, and…”

“The Chinese Communist Party obviously believes that they can invade America's airspace deliberately, notoriously, and without serious consequences. They even believe--and this shows their hubris and their gall--that they can announce that they reserve the right to retaliate against America for shooting down their spy balloon. Do you know what, Madam Speaker? After 26 years in this House, I would say that the Chinese Communist Party is probably right. They did it. They hit us, and they can probably get away with it because the two parties will compete about who can scream the greatest invective toward Beijing, and then the two parties will attack each other saying: Well, what did President Trump do? And what did President Biden do? In the end, we will have nothing but bruised, partisan vocal cords. I have seen for 26 years the Beijing-Wall Street axis control our policy toward China. Now this is just a balloon, but it is on top of two enormous problems with China. One is the lopsided trade relationship where they prohibit us from exporting to them and impose higher tariffs on us than we impose on them. The second was the obfuscation and lack of cooperation of China when COVID arose on their territory.…”