{"id":1804280,"date":"2023-01-12T19:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1804280"},"modified":"2023-01-12T19:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:50:53","slug":"squad-member-rep-ayanna-pressley-says-why-she-didnt-vote-in-favor-of-bipartisan-select-china-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-rep-ayanna-pressley-says-why-she-didnt-vote-in-favor-of-bipartisan-select-china-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad Member Rep. Ayanna Pressley Says Why She Didn\u2019t Vote In Favor Of Bipartisan Select China Committee"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fsquad-member-rep-ayanna-pressley-says-why-she-didnt-vote-in-favor-of-bipartisan-select-china-committee%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=1804280&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-->\n<p class=\"p1\">Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6318568058112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detailed explanation<\/a> Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/opinion\/ayanna-pressley-claims-committee-on-china-that-majority-of-democrats-backed-fuels-hate-and-puts-lives-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argumentation<\/a> For not <a href=\"https:\/\/pressley.house.gov\/2023\/01\/11\/pressley-house-progressives-on-opposition-to-republican-select-committee-on-china\/\">Voting<\/a> For the bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Representatives\u2019<\/a> Select committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> This week, 146 members of her party joined Republicans to do the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI voted no because again it\u2019s another sham effort here. It\u2019s really clear that this is just a committee that would further embolden anti-Asian rhetoric and hate and put lives at risk,\u201d Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/01\/12\/ayanna-pressley-select-committee-china-ccp-anti-asian-rhetoric-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telled<\/a> CNN, Thursday. \u201cWe have enough infrastructure and governance to tackle those issues that we don\u2019t need this select committee and that is why I voted no, because I am afraid that it will embolden anti-Asian rhetoric and hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo do you think the 146 Democrats who voted \u2018yes\u2019 on it are wrong in their votes?\u201d Kaitlin Collins, CNN anchor, asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe just see it differently,\u201d Pressley has answered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The House met Tuesday to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/new-us-house-creates-committee-focused-competing-with-china-2023-01-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Establish<\/a> The 365-65 vote voted for the select committee that focuses on China. This creates the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States And the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHere\u2019s the good news: There is bipartisan consensus that the era of trusting communist China is over,\u201d House Speaker Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/house-china-select-committee-00077312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> Tuesday, the House floor<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve heard my colleagues on both sides say that the threat posed by Communist China is serious. I fully agree,\u201d McCarthy observed. \u201cThis is an issue that transcends political parties. And creating the select committee on China is our best avenue for addressing it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe want the very best ideas, and it doesn\u2019t matter where they come from. At the end of the day, we won\u2019t need a minority and majority report. We\u2019ll just need one philosophy, with one principle, and America will be stronger for the future to come,\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3807571-house-easily-passes-resolution-to-create-bipartisan-china-select-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou have my word and my commitment. This is not a partisan committee. This will be a bipartisan committee,\u201d McCarthy observed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHouse Democrats have been clear that we are willing to extend the hand of bipartisan partnership on issues where we can work together for the American people, and will also stand up against extremism where necessary,\u201d House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, stated in a statement following the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs it relates to the new Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, House Democrats will work in a serious, sober and strategic manner to evaluate our relationship with the Chinese government and to address the rise of authoritarianism globally,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) explained her reasoning for not voting for the bipartisan House of Representatives\u2019 select committee on China this week, even as 146 members of her own party joined Republicans to do so. \u201cI voted no because again it\u2019s another sham effort here. 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