{"id":124769,"date":"2021-02-11T14:51:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124769"},"modified":"2021-02-11T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:12:39","slug":"biden-china-going-to-eat-our-lunch-2019-candidate-biden-eat-our-lunch-cmon-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-china-going-to-eat-our-lunch-2019-candidate-biden-eat-our-lunch-cmon-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: China \u2018Going To Eat Our Lunch.\u2019 2019 Candidate Biden: \u2018Eat Our Lunch? C\u2019mon, Man!\u2019"},"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%2Fbiden-china-going-to-eat-our-lunch-2019-candidate-biden-eat-our-lunch-cmon-man%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=124769&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230590133.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, President Biden, pitching Congress on infrastructure improvements, warned of China, \u201cIf we don\u2019t get moving, they\u2019re going to eat our lunch. They have major, major new initiatives on rail that goes 225 mph with ease,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/v\">The New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biden added, \u201cThey\u2019re working very hard to try to move in a position where they end up being the source of a new way in which to power automobiles. They\u2019re going to invest a lot of money. They\u2019re investing billions of dollars in dealing with a whole range of issues that relate to transportation, the environment and a whole range of other things. We just have to step up.\u201d He bragged, \u201cLast night, I was on the phone for two straight hours with Xi Jinping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fear of China as competition and \u201ceating our lunch\u201d wasn\u2019t an issue for Biden before he was president, apparently; in May 2019, speaking in Iowa City, Iowa, Biden acted unafraid of China, saying, \u201cChina is going to eat our lunch? C\u2019mon, man. They can\u2019t even figure out how to deal with the fact that they have this great division between the China Sea and the mountains in the east, I mean the west. They can\u2019t figure out how they\u2019re going to deal with the corruption that exists within the system. I mean, you know, they\u2019re not bad folks, folks. But guess what? They\u2019re not competition for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden told the crowd that there wasn\u2019t a \u201csingle solitary\u201d world leader who would trade the United States\u2019 problems faced for those facing China, <a href=\"http:\/\/v\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this guy for real?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5X6hGt1DMD\">pic.twitter.com\/5X6hGt1DMD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abigailmarone\/status\/1359906469072818185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s 2019 comments drew ire immediately; then-GOP candidate for the Alabama Senate seat Bradley Byrne stated, \u201cBiden on China: \u2018They\u2019re not competition for us\u2019 I was just at a manufacturing plant that is being threatened by China\u2019s corrupt trade practices. Not to mention the national security threats they pose. Joe is plain wrong. China is absolutely a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden on China: \u201cThey\u2019re not competition for us\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was just at a manufacturing plant that is being threatened by China\u2019s corrupt trade practices. Not to mention the national security threats they pose. Joe is plain wrong. China is absolutely a threat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qOlr1YIAVR\">pic.twitter.com\/qOlr1YIAVR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradley Byrne (@BradleyByrne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradleyByrne\/status\/1123722896550060032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden campaign responded that Biden \u201cunderscored that, whatever challenges we face as a nation, including those posed by a rising China, they pale in comparison to the structural and social challenges that confront China itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke to four senators on Thursday about his plans for infrastructure: Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD); Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.VA.), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee; and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-says-china-will-eat-our-lunch-on-infrastructure-11613063295\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>&nbsp;noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 54,000 bridges across the U.S. are rated \u2018structurally deficient\u2019 according to the National Association of Manufacturers. Roadways, ports and waterways are also disrepair. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released a report card in 2017 of infrastructure in the country and gave the nation a rating of D+. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 65% of major U.S. roads are rated as \u2018less than good condition,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/biden-warns-china-could-eat-our-lunch-as-he-calls-for-improving-u-s-roads-bridges-11613062316\">MarketWatch<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>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<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, President Biden, pitching Congress on infrastructure improvements, warned of China, \u201cIf we don\u2019t get moving, they\u2019re going to eat our lunch. 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