Senator Tom Cotton did not hold back in criticizing President Biden’s actions in relation to the suspected Chinese espionage balloon that was just exposed. He forcefully advocated prompt and decisive action to safeguard the security and privacy of American residents during an interview on Fox News on Sunday morning.
“What began as a spy balloon has become a trial balloon, testing President Biden’s strength and resolve,” Cotton began. “And unfortunately, the president failed that test. And that’s dangerous for the American people. The president was paralyzed for entire week by a balloon,”
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“We should have shot this balloon down over the Aleutian Islands. We should have never allowed it to transit the entire continental United States. And I think there’s a lot of open questions that the administration needs to answer to Congress on behalf of the American people about why they didn’t,” he added.
Cotton said that Biden would have much rather to passively monitor America than to take serious action against the Chinese Communists in a speech that continued on the spying problem in China. In addition to emphasizing his unwillingness to face these impending problems head-on, his statements demonstrated an understandable predilection for inactivity.
“I think part is the president’s reluctance to take any action that will be viewed as provocative or confrontational towards the Chinese communists. I would say what’s provocative and confrontation is sending spy balloon all across America.”
Vice President Biden responded quickly to the spy balloon incident in response to public uproar and Montana people’ refusal to keep quiet. Cotton said that Biden’s conduct was motivated by pressure from such sources.
“Democratic presidents only take action like shooting down this balloon once their hand is forced. And I think on Thursday, when civilians in Montana identified this balloon, it — well, it forced the president’s hand.”
Rep. Mary Miller criticized President Biden’s handling of the balloon incident on social media, pointing to millions of dollars that were purportedly paid to his family as a show of perceived weakness.
Senator Cotton also refuted the assertion that Chinese balloons flew over the US under the Trump Administration at a separate point in the interview:
Despite interacting with a number of former members of the Trump administration, none was aware of the alleged activities occurring during their time. It’s possible that this started early in Obama’s presidency and that military personnel decided there was no reason for concern or further examination.
It is crucial to find out how a surveillance balloon might go throughout our nation, but there is a crucial difference between that and balloons that float within exclusionary zones. It’s important to recognize the contrasts between the two situations that Lucas has outlined here: one that is close-range and the other that is far-reaching while coming up with answers.
As we reflect on the past, a serious question emerges: Did our senior military leaders know about these balloons throughout the Trump administration but choose not to inform their civilian colleagues of this crucial information? Or even worse, have we just become aware of its existence in historical data in retrospect?
