{"id":246831,"date":"2023-02-06T04:42:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T03:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=246831"},"modified":"2023-02-06T04:42:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T03:42:48","slug":"us-lawmakers-clash-over-bidens-handling-of-chinese-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/06\/us-lawmakers-clash-over-bidens-handling-of-chinese-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers clash over Biden\u2019s handling of Chinese balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans and Democratic lawmakers clashed over President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to shoot a suspected Chinese spy balloon after it floated across the United States for days.<\/p>\n<p>With efforts to retrieve balloon debris continuing off the South Carolina coast one day after a US fighter jet downed the large airship, the incident sparked fiery debate over Biden\u2019s dealing with the matter and how US-Chinese ties might suffer.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter, said, \u201cAs usual when it comes to national defense and foreign policy, the Biden administration reacted at first too indecisively and then too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not have let the People\u2019s Republic of China make a mockery of our airspace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marco Rubio, vice chair of the Senate intelligence committee, said on CNN that the president\u2019s delay in alerting the public to the balloon\u2019s presence amounted to \u201cdereliction of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the overflight as a brazen effort by Beijing to embarrass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/31\/biden-turns-down-ukraines-request-for-f-16-fighter-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> just before his State of the Union address Tuesday, and to disrupt a since-canceled China visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>And Representative Mike Turner, who chairs the US House intelligence committee, used an American football analogy in blasting Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly the president taking it down over the Atlantic is\u2026 sort of like tackling the quarterback after the game is over,\u201d he told NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe satellite had completed its mission. It should never have been allowed to enter the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats quickly pushed back, calling the Republican criticisms \u201cpremature and political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, insisted the administration had \u201cmade the right call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sent a clear message to China that this is unacceptable,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe protected civilians. 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