{"id":1585062,"date":"2022-08-02T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1585062"},"modified":"2022-08-02T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:34:10","slug":"26-republican-senators-sign-statement-supporting-pelosis-taiwan-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/26-republican-senators-sign-statement-supporting-pelosis-taiwan-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Republican Senators Sign Statement Supporting Pelosi\u2019s Taiwan Visit"},"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\">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%2F26-republican-senators-sign-statement-supporting-pelosis-taiwan-visit%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=1585062&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>Twenty-six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-republicans\">Republicans<\/a>, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), signed a joint statement on Aug. 2 announcing support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a> and reaffirming that the trip did not change the United States policies regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Sens Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Ark.) led the effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cramer.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sen-cramer-colleagues-support-visit-to-taiwan-by-speaker-pelosi\">sign<\/a> the document, following Pelosi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-amid-chinese-threats-of-military-violence_4637871.html\">arrival<\/a> in Taipei Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi\u2019s trip to Taiwan,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, members of the United States Congress, including previous Speakers of the House, have traveled to Taiwan. This travel is consistent with the United States\u2019 One China policy to which we are committed. We are also committed now, more than ever, to all elements of the Taiwan Relations Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s much-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/30000-track-us-military-plane-ahead-of-reported-pelosi-taiwan-visit_4637792.html\">anticipated<\/a> trip to Taiwan has been months in the making. In recent weeks, however, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership began to issue increasingly bellicose and erratic threats about the trip, falsely claiming that it would be a violation of Chinese sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>CCP leader Xi Jinping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/xi-to-biden-us-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan_4627968.html\">warned<\/a> President Joe Biden last week that the trip was \u201cplaying with fire,\u201d and some in China\u2019s state-owned media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-state-media-threatens-to-shoot-down-pelosis-plane-to-taiwan_4631189.html\">issued<\/a> calls to shoot down Pelosi\u2019s plane.<\/p>\n<p>The White House maintains that there is nothing out of the ordinary about the Speaker\u2019s trip, and noted repeatedly that Congressional delegations visit Taiwan without incident with some frequency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Speaker has the right to visit Taiwan and the Speaker of the House has visited Taiwan before, without incident,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-aboard-military-aircraft-near-taiwan-white-house-confirms-amid-escalating-china-threats_4636487.html\">said<\/a> White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Aug. 1. \u201cAs have many members of Congress, including this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut simply, there is no reason for Beijing to turn a simple visit, consistent with long-standing U.S. policy into some sort of crisis or conflict, or to use it to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-six Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), signed a joint statement on Aug. 2 announcing support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s trip to Taiwan and reaffirming that the trip did not change the United States policies regarding China and Taiwan. 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