UNBEATABLE.
>> Laura: FANTASTIC, YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY.
FANTASTIC SHOW TONIGHT SEAN I’LL
PICK IT UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF I
AM LAURA INGRAHAM THIS IS
INGRAHAM ANGLE FROM WASHINGTON
TONIGHT.
THE CHINA BLUFF.
THAT’S THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S
ANGLE.
WILL SHE OR WON’T SHE?
SO WHO’S BLUFFING?
CHINA OR PELOSI?
NOW NANCY’S REALLY TOUGH WHEN
SHE’S WAGGING HER FINGER AT
TRUMP OR RIPPING HER SPEECH UP
AT THE STATE OF THE UNION.
BUT IS SHE TOUGH ENOUGH TO DEFY
BOTH OUR PENTAGON HAND RINGERS
AND THE CCP?
SHE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF AT
LEAST SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE
EVILS OF CHINA.
>> AND JUST BECAUSE CHINA IS A
BIG ECONOMY AND BECAUSE WE HAVE
A BIG RELATIONSHIP DOESN’T MEAN
THAT THE CHALLENGE TO OUR
CONSCIOUS, IF WE DON’T SPEAK OUT
AGAINST CHINA, WE LOSE ALL MORAL
AUTHORITY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
WITH CHINA’S WTO OBSESSION IS
SIMPLY GIVING CHINA A BLANK
CHECK TO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH
MARKET P CHINA HAS CHARGED
OVER -- CHANGED OVER 30 YEARS IN
SOME RESPECTS, IT’S APPALLING
THAT ITS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IS
WORSE SNOOPED FANTASTIC I CAN’T
BELIEVE I’M SAYING THAT ABOUT
NANCY PELOSI.
BUT NOW THIRD IN LINE TO THE
PRESIDENCY SHE HAS A GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE BEYOND
RHETORIC AND ACTUALLY STRIKE A
BLOW FOR LIBERTY.
NOW, SINCE WE LEARNED ABOUT HER
INTENTION ONE WEEK AGO TO TRAVEL
TO TAIWAN, POWERFUL FORCES HERE
AND IN CHINA HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
WAVE HER OFF WITH NOT SO SUBTLE
THREATS.
>> THE CHINESE SIDE HAS
REPEATEDLY MADE CLEAR TO THE
U.S. SIDE OUR SERIOUS CONCERN
OVER SPEAKER PELOSI’S POTENTIAL
VISIT TO TAIWAN AND OUR FIRM
OPPOSITION TO THE VISIT.
WE ARE PREPARED FOR ANY EVENT
WALT IF THE U.S. SIDE INSISTS ON
MAKING A VISIT, THE CHINESE SIDE
WILL TAKE FIRM AND STRONG
MEASURES TO SAFE GUARD OUR
SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORY
INTEGRITY.
>> Laura: OF COURSE WHEN CHINA
BARKS, NOOK WE BIDEN FLACKS
FLINCH.
NO NEED TO BE MEAN PRESIDENT XI.
THAT KIND OF RHETORIC FROM THE
CHINESE SIDE IS CLEARLY
UNHELPFUL AND NOT NECESSARILY.
AGAIN THERE’S BEEN NO TRIP
ANNOUNCED AND THERE’S NO CALL
FOR THAT KIND OF EX CLAYTORY
RHETORIC.
>> Laura: WHAT A WEENIE.
UNHELPFUL? ACTUALLY I THINK IT’S
VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT’S ALWAYS
HELPFUL WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
GET TO SEE CHINA FOR WHAT IT
REALLY IS.
A RUTHLESS DICTATORSHIP THAT HAS
GROWN SO POWERFUL IT THINKS IT
CAN DOMINATE US AND IT’S HELPFUL
FOR US TO SEE JUST HOW WEAK AND
PATHETIC OUR OWN GOVERNMENT IS.
OF COURSE IN REACTING TO CHINA’S
OWN AGGRESSION, PATHETIC.
AND EVEN WORSE THAN KIRBY’S
FLACCID RESPONSE IS THE FACT
THAT WE’RE ACTUALLY REWARDING
THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA
AFTER THEY THREATENED THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
NOW, BIDEN IS REPORTEDLY
EXPECTED TO SPEAK WITH XI BY
TELEPHONE ON THURSDAY.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE
EMBARRASSMENT.
THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT THE AGENDA’S
GOING TO BE.
XI GETS WHAT HE WANTS, HE
PROMISING NOTHING AND BIDEN’S
COMES TEAM DECLARES PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE FRFRMTHS EVERYTHING
FROM TENSIONS OF TAIWAN TO WAR
IN UKRAINE AS WELL AS HOW WE
BETTER MANAGE COMPETITION
BETWEEN OUR TWO NATIONS,
CERTAINLY IN THE ECONOMIC
SPHERE, THERE’S A HOST OF
ISSUES, AND THIS IS A CALL THAT
HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A LONG
TIME.
>> Laura: OH, FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, JOE BIDEN THOUGHT HIS LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH XI WAS GOING TO
FRIENDSHIP WITH XI WAS GOING TO
MEAN XI WOULD BE NICER TO US.
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>> Laura: OF COURSE, THE MAN’S
NEVER BEEN RIGHT ABOUT A SINGLE
FOREIGN POLICY MATTER IN HIS
LIFE.
NEVER.
AND DON’T YOU THINK CHINESE
INTELLIGENCE KNOWS THIS?
THEY KNEW BIDEN WAS WEAK BEFORE
HE WAS PRESIDENT.
IT WAS SO EASY FOR CHINA TO
COMPROMISE THE BIDEN FAMILY WITH
SOME SWEETHEART DEALS.
PIECE OF CAKE.
AND THEY KNOW BIDEN’S EVEN
WEAKER NOW.
THE CCP COULDN’T ASK FOR A
BETTER SCENARIO.
A HOBBLED U.S. PRESIDENT WHO
THEY ALREADY HAVE IN THEIR BACK
POCKET.
IT’S LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A
MEMORY CARE PATIENT.
WELL, SMARTLY, PROMINENT
REPUBLICANS ARE SPEAKING OUT
SUPPORTING PELOSI’S TRIP.
THIS COULD BE A RARE MOMENT OF
BIPARTISAN.
>> SPEAKER PELOSI SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY GO FORWARD WITH HER
TRIP TO TAIWAN.
SHE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER
ADDING A PROMINENT REPUBLICAN
LIKE KEVIN MCCARTHY THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN LEADER TO SHOW THE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THAT EXISTS
IN THIS COUNTRY FOR TAIWAN.
>> Laura: NOW, REFUSING TO BOW
TO THE PEOPLE WHO YOU SLAVE
LABOR TO MAKE T-SHIRTS AND FLIP
FLOPS WOULD BE THE SMARTEST
POLITICAL MOVE NANCY PELOSI HAS
EVER MADE.
YEAH, MAYBE EVER.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WILL SHE
LET HERSELF BE TALKED OUT OF IT
BY A BUNCH OF NERVOUS FELLIES
INS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT?
NOW, BIDEN ALREADY TIPPED HIS
HAND ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK
IT’S A GOOD IDEA FOR SPEAKER
PELOSI TO TRAVEL TO TAIWAN THIS
SUMMER?
>> WELL, I, I, I THINK THAT THE
MILITARY THINKS IT’S NOT A GOOD
IDEA RIGHT NOW.
>> Laura: AND OUR
ESTABLISHMENT’S OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER OF RECORD, THE NEW
YORK SWINE PUBLISHED A SHORE
FILLED WITH ADMINISTRATION LEAKS
THAT THE MILITARY IS VERY
CONCERNED THAT PELOSI’S TAIWAN
STOPOVER COULD PROVOKE CHINA
INTO DOING SOMETHING VERY
DANGEROUS.
HUH.
YOU NOTICE THAT WE DIDN’T SEE
ANY ANONYMOUS PENTAGON SOURCES
OR ANYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
CONCERNED ABOUT PROVOKING
VLADIMIR PUTIN IN UKRAINE.
I WONDER WHY.
LAST TIME I CHECKED RUSSIAN IS A
NUCLEAR POWER,:IT’S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THIS.
FOUR DISTINCT GROUPS OPPOSED TO
UPSETTING CHINA AND THEREFORE
INSISTENT TO NANCY PELOSI
CANCELLING THE TRIP.
THE MILITARY KNOWS CHINA IS
DANGEROUS THEY SAID MUCH.
>> AGGRESSIVE AND IRRESPONSIBLE
BEHAVIOR REPRESENTS ONE OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO
PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE
REGION TODAY INCLUDING IN THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
SEE BEIJING COMBINING ITS
GROWING MILITARY POWER WITH
GREATER WILLINGNESS TO TAKE
RISKS.
>> Laura: BUT OUR MILITARY
LEADERSHIP, CURRENT AND RETIRED,
THEY’RE COMPROMISED.
>> I’M NOT SURE WHAT POSITIVE
CAN COME OUT OF IT, AND THERE
WILL BE SOME SIGNAL, SOME
MEASURE BY THE CHINESE IN
RESPONSE TO A PELOSI VISIT.
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
>> Laura: NOW MAKARY AND COMPANY
WERE EMBARRASSED WITH THE
OUTCOMES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
AND THEY DON’T WANT TO UNDERGO
THE KIND OF REFORM IN THE
MILITARY THAT’S ACTUALLY NEEDED
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THE
PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.
>> SECOND OF COURSE IS THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THEY NEVER WANT TO PROVOKE CHINA
NO MATTER HOW MANY LABOR CAMPS
CHINA IS OPERATING.
>> WE ARE A BRAND OF CHINA AND
FOR CHINA.
DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TO
SACRIFICE YOUR VALUES AT ALL AS
A COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS THERE?
>> NOT AT ALL SARAH WE
PARTICIPATE IN SPORT ALL OVER
THE WORLD INCLUDING CHINA.
CHINE IS I IS A VERY IMPORTANT
MARKET TO US WE CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN CHINA AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INVEST IN CHINA.
>> Laura: BIG BUSINESS ENTIRE
AGENDA IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
THEMSELVES TO SET UP SHOP IN
CHINA AND ULTIMATELY SHIP MORE
AMERICAN JOBS OVER THERE.
THIRD, WELL, THE ACADEMICS AND
UNIVERSITIES MAKE SO MUCH MONEY
OFF CHINA, REMEMBER THE RESEARCH
GRANTS, SWANKY TRIPS THOUSANDS
OF CHINESE STUDENTS, 350,000 TO
BE EXACT STUDYING IN THE UNITED
STATES, THEY DON’T WANT ANYTHING
TO JEOPARDIZE THAT.
THAT’S A CASH COW.
OF COURSE OF COURSE OUR REGIME
MEDIA.
THEY’VE ALWAYS LOVED CARRYING
WATER FOR CHINA.
THEY KNOW THEY’LL BE REALLY
EMBARRASSED FOR GETTING IT WRONG
ALL THESE YEARS IF PELOSI GOES
OVER TO TAIWAN AND IS TREATED
REALLY BADLY BY THE CCP.
SO THEY DON’T WANT HER TO GO
BECAUSE IT WOULD EXPOSE THEIR
COMPLICITY.
SO ALL THESE FORCES PROTECTING
CHINA, THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT
PRESIDENT XI IS EVIL AND IS THE
SINGLE GREATEST DANGER TO
FREEDOM WORLDWIDE.
THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT.
AND YET THEY CHOOSE TO DO
NOTHING.
AND INSTEAD, WELL, OUR MILITARY
OF COURSE FOCUSING MOST
EXCLUSIVELY ON EUROPE, THEY KNOW
FULL WELL THAT XI IS A MURDEROUS
DICKTORIAL THUG YET THEY CHOOSE
THE PASS OF MORE NOT LESS
ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT OF HIM AND
COMPLIMENTING REMOVING TRUMP’S
TARIFF THE ADMINISTRATION IS
CRITICAL OF LEVERAGE WE NEED AT
THIS TIME.
SO THE BALL IS NOW IN SPEAKER
PELOSI’S COURT.
SHE’S NEVER KNOWN AS SOMEONE
EASILY INTIMIDATED.
WE KNOW THAT ABOUT NANCY.
BUT IF CHINA CAN GET HER TO BACK
OFF, IT’S GOING TO BE A CRUSHING
BLOW TO U.S. POWER AND OUR
PRESTIGE.
IT’S HUMILIATING.
>> IF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
NOW ALLOWS SOME SECOND RATE
CHINESE FOREIGN DIPLOMAT TO
ISSUE A STATEMENT AND CHANGE THE
DIRECTION, CHANGE THE ACTIONS
THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL TAKE
BECAUSE WE ARE FEARFUL OF THEM,
WE ARE IN FOR A LONG STRUGGLE
AND IT WILL NOT END WELL WITH
THAT KIND OF FAILED LEADERSHIP.
IT TELLS EVERY ONE OF OUR ALLIES
IN THE REGION, THE JAPANESE,
SOUTH KOREANS, DON’T HANG WITH
CENTER CITY THEY’RE FEARFUL.
>> Laura: THE PROBLEM ISN’T
PELOSI’S DECISION TO SHOW
SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN
THAT’S ADMIRABLE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT FROM DAY ONE
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR
WEAKNESS AND INCOMPETENCE, NOT
JUST IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS BUT
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS WELL.
AND THIS ENCOURAGES CHINA TO
BULLY AND EMBARRASS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY.
SO RIGHT NOW, CHINESE OFFICIALS
ARE BANKING ON A CONTINUATION OF
THE STATUS QUO.
THE SLOW, BUT SURE, CAPITULATION
OF THE UNITED STATES.
LET’S FACE IT XI THINKS
DEMOCRACIES ARE WEAK AND HE
BELIEVES THAT AMERICA AND EUROPE
WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME HIS
PUPPET STATES.
SO PELOSI NEEDS TO CALL
EVERYBODY’S BLUFF, REFUSE TO
CHANGE HER TRAVEL PLANS BECAUSE,
IF SHE DOES NOT, SHE MIGHT AS