90 Miles From Tyranny : Republicans Demand Pelosi Stop Distribution of Chinese Propaganda on Capitol Hill

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Republicans Demand Pelosi Stop Distribution of Chinese Propaganda on Capitol Hill






Chinese propaganda outlet continues daily delivery to Congress

Republicans are challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) to stop the distribution of Chinese propaganda on Capitol Hill, according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), a member of the GOP-led China task force, has petitioned the Department of Justice and congressional employees to stop China Daily, a Chinese Communist Party-controlled propaganda outlet, from delivering its papers to the Capitol every morning. Now Banks and four other House Republicans are taking the issue to the very top of House leadership, asking for Pelosi to intervene.

"I assume you are just as outraged as I am by the presence of such disgusting lies in our nation’s legislature," the letter to the House speaker reads. "This is an opportunity for you to … prove to voters the Democrat Party also takes the China threat seriously. It’s time for you to end the proliferation of Chinese-state propaganda in the United States’ Congress."

The letter comes at a time of mounting scrutiny of the activities of Chinese propaganda outlets in the United States. In February, the Chinese government kicked out U.S. journalists reporting on the coronavirus outbreak, prompting the Trump administration to designate Chinese propaganda outlets, including China Daily, as "foreign missions" and demand that they drastically reduce their staff. The new designation requires the outlets to follow the same administrative requirements as embassies and consulates. After China retaliated by expelling even more journalists, the White House required several more Chinese outlets to comply with the regulation on Monday.

China Daily has delivered its papers to the doorsteps of many congressional offices for years now, disseminating a consistently pro-CCP and anti-American viewpoint to hundreds of members of Congress and their...

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2 comments:

Kye said...

One needs to ask how does such a thing happen in America?

Mark Matis said...

The tribe is fine with the ChiComs. Now with the Kung Flu, they have added Mousey Tongue to their Messiahs - Lenin and Stalin - to make a troika. Or their very own Holy Trinity. Many of those in Congress are owned by the tribe, so WHAT ELSE would you expect???