First the Chinese Communist Party unleashed a deadly plague on the world, upended everybody’s lives for two years, and got away with it. Now they’re threatening to kill a member of the United States Congress if she tries to visit Taiwan.
Hu Xijin, “journalist” and propagandist for the Chinese Communist Party, had this to say about Pelosi’s visit:
“If US fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is invasion. The PLA 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.”
In a rare break with tradition, Twitter actually deleted a threat of violence from a communist.
Here is my statement on a Chinese government spokesman threatening a member of Congress: