The Ukraine is a US ally, and we don’t have any major disagreements with their government. And yet, Mitt Romney had this to say:
China is very different. The US regards China as our number one rival. They are seen as a threat. We worry about their spying, their attempts to subvert our political process. On top of everything else, we are currently engaged in a major trade war with China.
Just just imagine if Trump were to ask the Chinese to dig up dirt on his number one political rival!!
Umm, he just did. In public:
President Trump called for Ukraine and China to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden, doubling down on his efforts to push foreign countries to undertake probes that could benefit his re-election campaign.
If China wants a good trade deal, they’d better come up with some dirt on Biden.
But hey, I’m sure it’s fake news. They doctored the video and the audio. No doubt 60% of Republican voters will deny he said this.
Here’s my question for Romney. If doing this with Ukraine is “troubling in the extreme”, how would you characterize doing it with China?
(Watch the commenters who tell me that I don’t understand the China threat now tell me that it’s good when China tries to influence the outcome of our presidential elections—as long as it’s in Trump’s favor.)