Congress will finally get briefed on Monday about the Chinese surveillance balloon that toured the U.S. for a week before it was shot down by the military over the South Carolina coast.
Colorado Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck said President Biden should have ordered the balloon shot down before it entered the airspace over the U.S.
“This is completely unacceptable,” Buck said. “The American people deserve honest answers from the Biden Administration.”
Biden says he told the military to shoot it down on Wednesday, two days after it appeared over the continental U.S.
We are none the more comforted that Biden thought flyover country was safe to shoot it down without hitting civilians, but the Aleutian Islands Wilderness was off bounds.
The Biden administration is telling us the Chinese surveillance balloon is not a threat.
This comes from an administration who told us…
❌ Inflation was transitory
❌ The border is secure
❌ The baby formula shortage was not serious— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) February 3, 2023
Colorado Democrats meanwhile, were apparently too busy watching Tik Tok videos and didn’t care that a giant balloon the size of three school buses was piloting across the nation to capture surveillance information and transmitting it back to the Chinses Communist government.
Happens all the time, they muttered nonsensically. My dog will protect me.
Fiona is on guard! pic.twitter.com/2xBahqsC3P
— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) February 5, 2023
Military veteran Jason Crow was the only Democrat in the delegation to at least acknowledge we were openly being spied upon by our enemy.
The U.S. government has shot down the Chinese spy balloon.
Confident that our intel and military leaders are taking this threat seriously. https://t.co/KNn6gY6r8P
— Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) February 4, 2023
Freshman Brittany Pettersen was too busy talking about herself to notice.
I enjoyed talking with @5280Magazine about my first weeks in Congress & how my experiences as a Coloradan & longtime state legislator shape my approach in DC.
From housing to water conservation to the opioid crisis, #CO07 faces so many urgent issues—I’m ready to get to work! https://t.co/LDl1TAWFTN
— U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (@RepPettersen) February 2, 2023
Close, but no cigar …
Colorado companies are leading the way in space.
This week I met with @Maxar’s CEO to discuss my work on @HouseScience & how I can support the important work happening right here in our community. pic.twitter.com/tdUNJ6eww4
— Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, MD (@RepCaraveoMD) February 4, 2023
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse couldn’t be bothered.
Enjoyed stopping by the world-famous #Colorado Cherry Co. on my way to #EstesPark last week 🍒
This fourth-generation family business started as a roadside stand – and it now has three busy store fronts across the front range! pic.twitter.com/z0NjHMyhrJ
— Rep. Joe Neguse (@RepJoeNeguse) February 3, 2023
Colorado’s Democrat Senators also ignored the Chinese spying threat overhead, as well as the very angry response from China after our military intervened with its “weather” mission.
From the Wall Street Journal:
The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued Sunday, called the decision the previous day to bring down the balloon a “serious violation of international practice,” while saying Beijing “reserves the right to make further responses if necessary.”
While Colorado Democrats were dutifully ignoring the spying shenanigans from their Chinese overlords, the communist government confirmed another fleet of surveillance balloons were transiting across Central and South America.
Perhaps they were just checking up on their illicit Fentanyl trade snaking its way to the open U.S. border.