Pelosi is off to Asia today and will visit Japan and South Korea. But the question still remains, will she visit Taiwan? Considering the communist Democrats aren’t all that different than the CCP who controls China, most guess is that Pelosi will be like Biden and chicken out of going to Taiwan, after all of China’s threats. China is even using their state run media (like the media here0 to threaten to shoot down Pelosi’s plane if she goes to Taiwan. I don’t think she will cross China.
A Chinese government propagandist said Friday that Beijing could shoot down House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane if it’s accompanied by US military aircraft during an anticipated August visit to Taiwan — a dramatic escalation in rhetoric as relations between the two powers get worse and worse.
“If US fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is [an] invasion,” tweeted Hu Xijin, a columnist for the Chinese Communist Party-controlled Global Times. “The [People’s Liberation Army] has the right to forcibly dispel Pelosi’s plane and the US fighter jets, including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of obstruction.
“If ineffective, then shoot them down,” Hu added.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) was due to depart Friday on a multi-nation tour of Asia and has refused to confirm reports that she will visit the self-governing island in a demonstration of support for Taiwan’s de facto independence.
“I don’t ever talk about my travel because as some of you know, it’s a security issue,” the speaker told reporters at a news conference earlier Friday.