{"id":104857,"date":"2021-01-27T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=104857"},"modified":"2021-01-27T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:57:10","slug":"sen-cruz-bidens-un-pick-praised-welcomed-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-bidens-un-pick-praised-welcomed-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cruz: Biden\u2019s UN pick praised &amp; welcomed China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-cruz-bidens-un-pick-praised-welcomed-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=104857&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1162642009-315x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2360951\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360951\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2360951 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1162642009-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2360951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; JULY 17: US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with SiriusXM host Julie Mason at The National Air and Space Museum on July 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry French\/Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 3:30 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, January 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) criticized Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for UN Ambassador over her past praise of China and her soft stance on Beijing&#8217;s malicious actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you say the US should follow China&#8217;s model,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;Is it the role of America&#8217;s UN Ambassador to be cheering on the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of the developing world and at the expense of America?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Cruz questioned Linda Thomas-Greenfield on her 2019 speech at a Chinese-controlled Confucius Institute, in which she welcomed China&#8217;s efforts to advance its influence abroad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My message to Team Biden: The role of the UN Ambassador is not to cheer on the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5oR9EdAyNU\">pic.twitter.com\/5oR9EdAyNU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1354499454125158401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Did you have even a word of criticism about the Chinese Communist Party, about its murders, about its tortures about its concentration camps, about its genocide?&#8221; Cruz asked. &#8220;Did you have even a word of criticism in the speech you gave at the Confucious Institute?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2360952\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360952\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2360952 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230818688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2360952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; JANUARY 27: Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke about human rights there,&#8221; Greenfield said. \u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m not denying this, as I said, I regret this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cruz also pointed out the Biden administration appears to be cozying up to Beijing for unknown reasons.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/restaurants-and-community-members-feed-those-in-need-after-ala-tornado\/\">Restaurants And Community Members Feed Those In Need After Ala. Tornado<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JULY 17: US Senator Ted Cruz &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181156,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1162642009-315x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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