{"id":461569,"date":"2021-04-29T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461569"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:35:39","slug":"biden-universal-pre-k-needed-to-compete-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-universal-pre-k-needed-to-compete-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: Universal Pre-K Needed To Compete With China"},"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\">16<\/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-universal-pre-k-needed-to-compete-with-china%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=461569&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\/04\/fb_image-4002.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden is citing the growing threat from China as justification for his expansive multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said in a Wednesday congressional address that China is &#8220;closing in fast&#8221; on the United States. He proposed universal pre-K, free college, and green infrastructure as remedies to the threat posed by the communist regime, adding that &#8220;there\u2019s no reason the blades for wind turbines can\u2019t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing.&#8221; One solution that went unmentioned was increasing the defense budget, which is slated to shrink under the Democratic administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden speech drew criticism from Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), who said the president did not adequately explain China&#8217;s threat to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden\u2019s remarks on China did not meet the moment,&#8221; Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1387598006040551432?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1387598006040551432?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619784510740000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsIco533qwuQIG8WSEeA3Kz-9u_g\">said<\/a>. &#8220;He missed an important opportunity to rally our nation against the greatest foreign threat to the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s speech elicited renewed Republican concerns about his budget priorities. Just as the president was reading his speech, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s (R., Ky.) press office noted Biden\u2019s budget proposal expands spending in &#8220;every corner of government with one big exception: national defense.&#8221; The Biden defense budget first introduced in March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-04-08\/biden-proposes-715-billion-for-pentagon-in-first-budget-outline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-04-08\/biden-proposes-715-billion-for-pentagon-in-first-budget-outline&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619784510740000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAGQxFmnRuXWYBFcwCpJf_3yxX7Q\">comes in<\/a> at $715 billion, which marks a slight decrease from the Trump administration\u2019s last defense plan when accounting for inflation. The budget proposal fell far short of the proposed 3 to 5 percent increase in defense dollars <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/republicans-drawing-new-battle-lines-in-heated-defense-budget-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/republicans-drawing-new-battle-lines-in-heated-defense-budget-fight\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619784510740000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_rtZSeD3EfveAzy0DqviGTSTb7A\">demanded<\/a> by congressional defense hawks.<\/p>\n<p>And while the president pledged to never &#8220;back away \u2026 from our commitment to human rights&#8221; abroad, he stopped short of directly raising Chinese human rights issues. Biden made no mention of China&#8217;s genocide in Xinjiang, brutal crackdown in Hong Kong, or interference in Taiwanese democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Biden mentioned more conventional methods for competing with China at the end of his speech. The president pledged to enforce fair trade and maintain a NATO-level military commitment to the Asia-Pacific\u2014policies that came from the Trump administration&#8217;s playbook.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Biden\u2019s address, former secretary of state Mike Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1387591629436030979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1387591629436030979&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619784510740000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFVOWFmljj1co90AqgkYZrCXz9CIA\">said<\/a> winning the China competition will require toughness, not &#8220;kowtowing to China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden says that he wants to \u2018position us to win the competition of the 21st century,'&#8221; Pompeo said. &#8220;Kowtowing to China will ensure we lose that competition. We must be tough, not weak.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is citing the growing threat from China as justification for his expansive multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda. 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