Remember when Democrats were encouraging everyone to come down to Chinatown and party at the outbreak of the COVID pandemic to show they weren’t xenophobic? Remember when President Joe Biden said President Donald Trump’s travel ban on China was “hysterical xenophobia”? Remember how racist it was when Trump referred to the coronavirus as the “Wuhan virus,” even though media outlets had been calling it that since the beginning?
We’re afraid it might hurt some feelings, but there was a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to create a House committee on competition with China:
365-65: House voted to create a new select committee on the strategic competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. 146 Democrats joined all Republicans in voting Yes. pic.twitter.com/QgHAlHkN49
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) January 10, 2023
"Speaker Kevin McCarthy got his first bipartisan victory leading the House, as 146 House Democrats voted to establish a new panel aimed at countering economic and security threats posed by China."https://t.co/pjenfupVDB
— Michele Perez Exner (@michelepexner) January 10, 2023
So 146 Democrats voted in favor, but one of them was not Congresswoman Nikema Williams, who explained that the committee is just another platform for hate:
House Republicans' new select committee on competition with China isn't about rational policy – it's another platform to elevate hateful, xenophobic rhetoric. I stand against hate in all its forms, so I voted against the creation of the committee.
— Congresswoman Nikema Williams (@RepNikema) January 10, 2023
— siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) January 10, 2023
CCP sympathizer says what?
— Will Collier (@willcollier) January 10, 2023
Right on cue……
— (((Voight75))) (@Voight75) January 10, 2023
What’s China paying you?
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 10, 2023
— Chris (@ChrisMears00) January 10, 2023
— 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 (@AraoMarco) January 10, 2023
If you're a commie just say so
— Camster (@cam_mason) January 10, 2023
✍️uh✍️oh✍️ pic.twitter.com/RvN9P1mkL3
— The List (@ListComesForAll) January 10, 2023
I hope Xi sees this bro. pic.twitter.com/qUKwDiJ11z
— Calamity Jen (@CensoredJen) January 10, 2023
Please stop with the CCP talking points. You're not helping.
— Robert Floyd (@TheRDFloyd) January 10, 2023
Found the Chinese bought congresswoman.
— Will (@Will_A_II) January 10, 2023
The Chinese are using slave labor, I thought you'd stand against that.
— Donut of Renown (@eDonut_) January 10, 2023
You said the same thing when Trump closed down China under COVID. Then remained silent when Biden did it this week.
— StockTips (@StockTipsTips) January 10, 2023
You are anti-American pic.twitter.com/AJJKaXN0Iq
— Tzar (#cornwatch) 👾💵🗽🇺🇸 (@Gore2024) January 10, 2023
spotted the pinko pic.twitter.com/tR3cAPxuUg
— Roark's Burden (@RBurd3n) January 10, 2023
China isn’t a race, moron. It’s a country. Are you on China’s payroll?
— A (@DCRando2020) January 10, 2023
146 Dems voted for it. Are they xenophobic?
Or maybe…just maaaaaaaaaybe, you're a communist.— Bubbletrousers (@Bubble1Mc) January 10, 2023
She mentioned in her tweet that Republicans voted to create the committee … she didn’t say anything about the Democrats who voted for it. How brave of her to stand up for the Chinese Communist Party.
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White House doing something that by Biden’s definition was once ‘hysterical xenophobia’ https://t.co/k9DakE1pgy
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