Montana Governor Says Biden Admin Hasn’t Briefed Him on Chinese Spy Balloon

Montana Republican Governor Greg Gianforte said to Fox News that he wasn’t briefed about the possible incident. Chinese surveillance The balloon reached Big Sky Country airspace many miles from the state.

Gianforte told “Tucker Carlson Tonight” He was not informed of the situation until later. The balloon had reached the state’s largest city, Billings – hundreds of miles from the western border at Idaho.

“It had already flown near [Malmstrom] Air Force Base and the ICBM silos. When I finally got informed, it was over our most populous city. It got spotted by a photographer at the airport,” He said.

The dirigible flew very close to Malmstrom – outside Great Falls – which Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., told Fox News houses some of the most powerful “weapons of mass destruction” The world.

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Map showing approximate track of a Chinese surveillance balloon hovering over Montana on Friday, February 3, 2023.
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“If it was up to Montanans, this thing would have been taken out of the sky the moment it entered our sovereign airspace,” Gianforte stated.

“And it’s clearly been there for a while. It’s not moving that fast.”

Tucker Carlson, the host, reported that the balloon had reached Cape Girardeau in Missouri, later Friday night.

Carlson was informed by Gianforte about the original plans of the federal government “taking [the balloon] out of the sky” But he decided to not.

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 Fox News host Jesse Watters previously made note the balloon had traveled over Alaska before reaching the Lower 48 – pointing out that the Trudeau government also appeared to take a hands-off approach when it likely crossed Canadian airspace as well.

“Clearly, this went to the president’s desk. He was given options. For whatever reason, he chose not to act. And unfortunately, the result of that is that Americans are endangered, and our enemies are emboldened,” Carlson was informed by Gianforte.

You can find the claim at the Feds that fire Gianforte said that while a missile or balloon explosion could cause civilian casualties, it wouldn’t be an issue in some parts of his state.

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“Eastern Montana is probably one of the best places to take it down. We could have contained it. We could have found out what the mission truly was by recovering whatever electronics are on this balloon,” He said. 

“If the Americans had flown a spy balloon over China, do you think you’d still be in the air? Of course not. We should have taken action. Unfortunately, we’ve emboldened our enemy today.”