PREPARED TO SHOOTS DOWN AMERICAN
PLANES AS HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI DEPARTS FOR ASIA TODAY
AND A POSSIBLE TRIP TO TAIWAN.
JOINING ME, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS
INCREASED HOSTILE RHETORIC
COMING FROM CHINA SAYING THEY
MAY SHOOT DOWN NANCY PELOSI’S
PLANE?
>> I’M NOT SURPRISED.
THIS IS THE WAY THE CCP
OPERATES.
THEY ARE BEING VERY PROVOCATIVE.
HE’S TALKING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN
YESTERDAY, AND BIDEN WANTS TO BE
NICE WITH HIM.
HE SAYS THOSE TO PLAY WITH FIRE
PERISH.
HE’S TALKING ABOUT TAIWAN.
IF THIS HAPPENS YOU WILL HAVE TO
SEE AN F-35 ESCORT AND THEY MAY
SEND THEIR OWN PLANES IN A
PROVOCATIVE WAY.
BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THEY WOULD
SHOOT DOWN THE PLANES.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHOULD GO TO
TAIWAN AND SHOW OUR COMMITMENT
TO TAIWAN AGAINST COMMUNIST
CHINA.
IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTY.
THE SPEAKER IS INCLUDED.
THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
TELLING HER NOT TO GENE SIDING
WITH PRESIDENT XI MAKES US LOOK
WEAK. SEAN: SHOULD SHE ACTUALLY GO?
SEAN: SHOULD SHE ACTUALLY GO?
IF SPEAKER PELOSI DID MAKE THE
TRIP -- DIDN’T MAKE THE TRIP IT
WOULD BE CEDING CHINA’S
POSITION.
>> I THINK SHE SHOULD GO.
SPEAKER GINGRICH WENT IN 1997.
THAT’S THE LAST TIME A SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE WENT.
I PLAN TO GO THERE AS WELL.
I THINK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
SHOULD GO TO SHOW WE ARE
COMMITTED TO THEM, PARTICULARLY
SINCE CHINA IS THREATENING
TAIWAN THE WAY PUTIN THREATENED
UKRAINE AND DOES TODAY.
70% OF OUR CHIP MANUFACTURING
COME FROM TAIWAN. IF CHINA TOOK THAT OVER, THEY
IF CHINA TOOK THAT OVER, THEY
WOULD OWN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY.
SEAN: IF THEY DO THAT, THE
CHINESE WILL LOSE THEIR MINDS
AND GIVE STRONG PUSHBACK. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE WHITE
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE WHITE
HOUSE DOESN’T WANT HER TO GO.
EXPLAIN THE LEAKING OF HER TRIP.
THIS IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF.
>> IT’S LIKE THERE IS A BATTLE
BETWEEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ON WHETHER
SHE IS ALLOWED TO GO TO TAIWAN.
WE DON’T NEED PROVOCATIVE.
ALL THE WHILE, THIS PRESIDENT
HAS PROJECTED WEAKNESS WHICH HAS
INVITED AGGRESSION.
THAT’S THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU
ARE SEEING WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
UKRAINE, AND THE ON REASON XI IS
EVEN THINKING ABOUT INVADING
TAIWAN.
HE KNOWS HE HAS ABOUT TWO YEARS
WITH BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO
MAKE HIS MOVE.
SEAN: THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS
PUBLISHING REPORTS THAT U.S.
OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED ABOUT AN
EARLIER THAN EXPECTED INVASION
OF TAIWAN.
IS THE U.S. DOING ENOUGH TO HELP
TAIWAN PREPARE?
>> I PLEADED WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION TO PUT WEAPONS IN
BEFORE THE INVASION IN UKRAINE.
THEY WOULD NOT.
I SIGN OFF ON WEAPONS SALES.
WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR BACKLOG OF
WEAPONS WE PROMISED TO TAIWAN
THAT HAVE FAILED TO GO IN THE
COUNTRY.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
WHOLLY FAILED TO GET THOSE
WEAPONS SYSTEMS IN.
XI’S TIMELINE IS EXPEDITED
BECAUSE HE WOULD FAR PREFER TO
DO THIS UNDER THIS WEAK
PRESIDENT RATHER THAN WAIT FOR A
REPUBLICANS TO ENTER THE WHITE
HOUSE IN 2024.
SEAN: CONGRESSMAN MCCAUL, THANK