{"id":1115538,"date":"2021-12-13T17:44:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115538"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:44:31","slug":"damnable-wimps-biden-admin-slammed-for-reportedly-cutting-map-depicting-taiwan-as-its-own-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damnable-wimps-biden-admin-slammed-for-reportedly-cutting-map-depicting-taiwan-as-its-own-country\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Damnable Wimps\u2019: Biden Admin Slammed For Reportedly Cutting Map Depicting Taiwan As Its Own Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fdamnable-wimps-biden-admin-slammed-for-reportedly-cutting-map-depicting-taiwan-as-its-own-country%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=1115538&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>The Biden administration took heat from critics after the White House reportedly ordered the visual of a live stream presentation cut after the presenter showed a map depicting Taiwan as its own country.<\/p>\n<p>The White House hosted a virtual Summit for Democracy on Friday featuring Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang. During Tang\u2019s presentation, she flashed a map showing Taiwan as a different color than China. The Chinese Communist regime holds that Taiwan is part of China. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-denies-cutting-video-feed-showing-taiwan-in-different-color-than-communist-china\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Friday\u2019s slide show by Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang caused consternation among U.S. officials after the map appeared in her video feed for about a minute,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/curious-case-map-disappearing-taiwan-minister-us-democracy-summit-2021-12-12\/\">Reuters<\/a>&nbsp;reported, adding: \u201cThe sources, who did not want to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said&nbsp;the video feed&nbsp;showing Tang was cut during a panel discussion and replaced with audio only \u2013 at the behest of the White House.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One source \u201cdirectly involved in the summit\u201d said the White House had instructed the video booth operator to cut the video feed, asserting, \u201cIt was clearly policy concerns. This was completely an internal overreaction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The State Department and the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) denied that the disappearing act had anything to do with potentially offending China. A spokesperson for the State Department called the affair \u201can honest mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe valued Minister Tang\u2019s participation, which showcased Taiwan\u2019s world-class expertise on issues of transparent governance, human rights, and countering disinformation,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the NSC echoed the State Department, blaming \u201ctechnical problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time did the White House direct that Minister Tang\u2019s video feed be cut,\u201d an NSC spokesman said. \u201cTaiwan and the United States have fully communicated on this technical issue, and the two sides have a solid mutual trust and a solid and friendly relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics took aim at the Biden administration, expressing skepticism at the administration\u2019s claim that the video feed cut was a coincidence due to tech issues rather than an attempt to avoid confrontation with China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leaders are such damnable wimps. We say we want to stand up for democracy and that we won\u2019t get bullied by authoritarians. And then we bend over backwards to avoid offending the far-reaching and ever-changing sensitivities of the brutes in Beijing,\u201d National Review senior political correspondent Jim Geraghty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimgeraghty\/status\/1470391161856700417\">said<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no need for China to censor what our leaders can say to us. Our leaders are now preemptively censoring themselves by their own choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[H]ow completely cowardly is the Biden administration???\u201d Neoavatara CEO and National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Neoavatara\/status\/1470389720597340162\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1470215155304837122\">posted<\/a>: \u201cThe Chinese Communist Party no longer needs to censor our friend Taiwan. Why? The Biden admin does it for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1470418462598127616\">added<\/a>: \u201cBiden\u2019s staff censored Taiwan during a \u2018Democracy Summit\u2019 hosted by the White House. You can\u2019t make this up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration took heat from critics after the White House reportedly ordered the visual of a live stream presentation cut after the presenter showed a map depicting Taiwan as its own country.The White House hosted a virtual Summit for Democracy on Friday featuring Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang. During Tang\u2019s presentation, she flashed a map showing Taiwan as a different color than China. The Chinese Communist regime holds that Taiwan is part of China. As The Daily Wire reported:\u201cSources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Friday\u2019s slide show by Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang caused consternation among U.S. officials after the map appeared in her video feed for about a minute,\u201d\u00a0Reuters\u00a0reported, adding: \u201cThe sources, who did not want to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said\u00a0the video feed\u00a0showing Tang was cut during a panel discussion and replaced with audio only \u2013 at the behest of the White House.\u201dOne source \u201cdirectly involved in the summit\u201d said the White House had instructed the video booth operator to cut the video feed, asserting, \u201cIt was clearly policy concerns. This was completely an internal overreaction.\u201dThe State Department and the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) denied that the disappearing act had anything to do with potentially offending China. A spokesperson for the State Department called the affair \u201can honest mistake.\u201d\u201cWe valued Minister Tang\u2019s participation, which showcased Taiwan\u2019s world-class expertise on issues of transparent governance, human rights, and countering disinformation,\u201d the spokesperson said.A spokesman for the NSC echoed the State Department, blaming \u201ctechnical problems.\u201d\u201cAt no time did the White House direct that Minister Tang\u2019s video feed be cut,\u201d an NSC spokesman said. \u201cTaiwan and the United States have fully communicated on this technical issue, and the two sides have a solid mutual trust and a solid and friendly relationship.\u201dCritics took aim at the Biden administration, expressing skepticism at the administration\u2019s claim that the video feed cut was a coincidence due to tech issues rather than an attempt to avoid confrontation with China.\u201cOur leaders are such damnable wimps. We say we want to stand up for democracy and that we won\u2019t get bullied by authoritarians. And then we bend over backwards to avoid offending the far-reaching and ever-changing sensitivities of the brutes in Beijing,\u201d National Review senior political correspondent Jim Geraghty said. \u201cThere\u2019s no need for China to censor what our leaders can say to us. Our leaders are now preemptively censoring themselves by their own choice.\u201d\u201c[H]ow completely cowardly is the Biden administration???\u201d Neoavatara CEO and National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker said.Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) posted: \u201cThe Chinese Communist Party no longer needs to censor our friend Taiwan. Why? The Biden admin does it for them.\u201dSen. Tom Cotton added: \u201cBiden\u2019s staff censored Taiwan during a \u2018Democracy Summit\u2019 hosted by the White House. You can\u2019t make this up.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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