{"id":2284083,"date":"2024-06-26T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-raskin-takes-aim-at-trumps-friendly-comments-toward-chinas-xi-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T19:56:42","slug":"jamie-raskin-takes-aim-at-trumps-friendly-comments-toward-chinas-xi-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-raskin-takes-aim-at-trumps-friendly-comments-toward-chinas-xi-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Raskin takes aim at Trump\u2019s friendly comments toward China\u2019s Xi &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fjamie-raskin-takes-aim-at-trumps-friendly-comments-toward-chinas-xi-washington-examiner%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=2284083&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>At a House Oversight and\u200d Accountability Committee\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">hearing<\/a> focused on the threats of the Chinese \u200dCommunist Party, Representative \u2062Jamie Raskin (D-MD) used a &#8220;Trump [loves] Xi&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">sign<\/a> to criticize former President Donald Trump&#8217;s admiration for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-wh-stenographer-recalls-witnessing-putin-humiliate-biden-in-past-meeting-left-biden-speechless\/\" title=\"Ex-WH Stenographer Recalls Witnessing Putin Humiliate Biden In Past Meeting: \u2018Left Biden Speechless\u2019\">authoritarian leaders<\/a>. Raskin highlighted Trump&#8217;s favorable comments toward leaders like Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un. He pointed\u2062 out that despite Trump&#8217;s description of Xi as a\u2063 &#8220;very good\u2064 man,&#8221; China remains an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/20-things-ive-learned-about-humanity-during-the-pandemic\/\" title=\"20 Things I\u2019ve Learned About Humanity During The Pandemic\">authoritarian police state<\/a> that violates the human rights and civil liberties of its citizens. During the hearing, Trump was visually represented to emphasize these points.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamie-raskin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jamie Raskin<\/a> (D-MD) targeted former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> with a \u201cTrump [loves] Xi\u201d sign at a Wednesday hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tyrants of the world are targeting Joe Biden and promoting Donald Trump, who has fawningly described President Xi as \u2018a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raffensperger-gets-caught-georgia-ballots-were-printed-differently-for-gop-counties-vs-dem-counties-election-was-rigged\/\" title=\"RAFFENSPERGER GETS CAUGHT: Georgia Ballots Were Printed DIFFERENTLY for GOP Counties vs. DEM Counties \u2014 Election Was Rigged!\">brilliant man<\/a>,\u2019 who has called Vladimir Putin a \u2018genius,\u2019 who has said he \u2018fell in love\u2019 with Kim Jong Un,\u201d Raskin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G1huC-3ZpzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing focused on defending America from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chinese Communist Party<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Donald Trump has described President Xi as a \u2018very good man,\u2019 China is in fact an authoritarian police state, a violator of the human rights and civil liberties of hundreds of millions of people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During his statement, staffers held up posters displaying Trump and Chinese President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Xi Jinping\u2019s<\/a> names along with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n<p>The posters also featured some of Trump\u2019s words of praise for Xi, including a quote from a Fox News interview last year in which he called the Chinese president \u201cbrilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn\u2019t find it. There\u2019s nobody like that. The look, the brain, the whole thing,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Two other signs showed an image of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uyghurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Uyghurs<\/a>, a Muslim minority group, detained in Chinese internment camps and a quote from former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton alleging that Trump had told Xi to \u201cgo ahead with building the camps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has drawn condemnation in the past for his praise of authoritarian leaders such as Xi, Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a>, North Korean leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kim-jong-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kim Jong Un<\/a>, and Hungarian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/viktor-orban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Viktor Orban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former South Carolina Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley<\/a> took aim at Trump in February for his description of Xi as a \u201cvery good friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraising dictators is not normal. Make America normal again,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1754582982243897659?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> in a post on X.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Wednesday hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) displayed a &#8220;Trump [loves] Xi&#8221; sign, criticizing former President Donald Trump&#8217;s admiration for authoritarian leaders. Raskin highlighted Trump&#8217;s praise for China&#8217;s Xi as &#8220;a brilliant man,&#8221; his commendation of Putin as a &#8220;genius,&#8221; and his favorable comments towards other autocrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2284084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jamie-raskin-trump-xi.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4501,32892,3634],"class_list":["post-2284083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-china","tag-jamie-raskin","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jamie-raskin-trump-xi.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}