Pompeo Slams Biden for Allowing Beijing’s Propaganda to ‘Dictate’ to Americans

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alerted President Joe Biden about kowtowing to Beijing, accusing his administration of lacking support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) potential Taiwan visit. ​

In the latest phone call between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Biden on Thursday, Xi warned Washington should not meddle in its affairs with Taiwan, the self-governed island that China claims as its own. “Those who play with fire will perish by it,” claimed the Chinese Communist Party head, who is seeking an unprecedented third term in November.

Allowing “America to be bullied by Chinese propaganda … would send a really bad message to our friends in the region: the Australians, the South Koreans, the Japanese,” Pompeo said this Sunday on WABC 77 AM’s “Cats Roundtable.”

“But mostly, it would tell the American people that it’s okay if the United States permits … [the Chinese] communist party … to dictate how Americans will behave, where we will travel, the things we will say,” Pompeo said.

The call came not long after Pelosi confirmed that she was leading a congressional delegation to four countries in Asia this week, but made no mention of stopping in Taiwan.

Declining to share her travel plans citing security reasons, Pelosi told reporters on July 21 that deterring China from attacking Taiwan is “a very major issue,” and “it’s important for us to show support for Taiwan.”

​“I don’t agree with Speaker Pelosi very often. But she made it clear that she wanted to go visit [Taiwan], an independent, sovereign nation,” Pompeo said in a rare Republican defence of the House speaker.

Kowtowing to the CCP

“We’ve seen … where Hollywood has kowtowed to the Chinese communist party. The NBA has kowtowed to the Chinese communist party. It should not be the case where an American administration,