{"id":1413546,"date":"2022-03-31T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413546"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:30:13","slug":"study-republicans-tweet-more-about-china-despite-dems-tweeting-more-overall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-republicans-tweet-more-about-china-despite-dems-tweeting-more-overall\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Republicans Tweet More About China, Despite Dems Tweeting More Overall"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fstudy-republicans-tweet-more-about-china-despite-dems-tweeting-more-overall%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=1413546&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A recent study by the University of California San Diego found that Democrats tweet way more than Republicans\u00a0\u2014 except on China, which is the nation\u2019s top national security threat.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chinadatalab.ucsd.edu\/viz-blog\/who-in-the-us-congress-tweets-about-china\/\">first part<\/a>\u00a0of the study\u2019s series, titled \u201cWho In The U.S. Congress Tweets About China?,\u201d found that a Democrat member on average tweets about 60% more than a Republican member, but when it comes to China, \u201cthe opposite is true.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans tweeted more than Democrats about China in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic emerged from China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA higher proportion of Republicans than Democrats tweet about China. In 2019, 75% of Republicans tweeted about China, in comparison to 71% of Democrats. The Republican-Democratic divergence became greater in 2020 when a full 90% of Republicans tweeted about China, in comparison to 71% of Democrats,\u201d the study said.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the study found that Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) tweeted about China only 13 times in two years, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakrj.com\/audit\/report\/RepSwalwell\/twitter\/?refresh=aebd7851d50b3536dc8f7fbc1fe8afb7\">having<\/a>\u00a0the most active Twitter account in Congress, at about 2,471 tweets a year\u00a0\u2014 more than six tweets a day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Swalwell was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/26\/exclusive-classified-report-biden-could-release-provides-intricate-detail-on-eric-swalwell-relationship-with-fang-fang\/\">entangled<\/a> in a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, Fang Fang.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have also introduced more legislation on China than Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN), who tweeted about China 585 times \u2014 more than any other member of Congress \u2014\u00a0said in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Democrats are afraid to stand up to China on Twitter, so it\u2019s not surprising that they don\u2019t have the guts to take on China on the House floor. Their fake China bill doesn\u2019t just fail to counter China\u2014it would actually help China by lifting visa limits on high-skilled foreign nationals and failing to protect research from Chinese espionage.<\/p>\n<p>Voters from both parties understand that China threatens the U.S. But somehow, in Congress, standing up to China has become a partisan issue and if that doesn\u2019t change America will face a national security disaster.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/banks.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2013\">introduced<\/a> on March 18 the\u00a0Safeguard Our Universities From Foreign Influence Act, to bolster disclosure requirements and enforcement for foreign gifts and contracts at U.S. universities, where China attempts to influence academics.<\/p>\n<p>He has also introduced the Countering Communist China Act, a comprehensive bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/rsc-banks.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/rsc-introduces-countering-communist-china-act\">combat<\/a> the China threat, and the Countering Chinese Propaganda Act to <a href=\"https:\/\/banks.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1834\">authorize<\/a>\u00a0sanctions against the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s foreign propaganda wing known as the United Front Work Department.<\/p>\n<p>Banks and Republican Study Committee members have also led conservative opposition to Speaker Pelosi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/04\/house-democrats-pass-weak-anti-china-bill\/\">COMPETES Act<\/a>, which Banks has dubbed the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/02\/02\/kevin-mccarthy-slams-visa-giveaway-democrats-china-bill\/\">CONCEDES Act<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study by the University of California San Diego found that Democrats tweet way more than Republicans\u00a0\u2014 except on China, which is the nation\u2019s top national security threat. 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