Former U. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Friday in Iowa that China will have to be held accountable through the foreign network for the spread of COVID-19.
“I think we want to go through and see the damage, the monetary damage that has occurred, the loss of life that has occurred, and each and every country in the world wants to know that and hold it accountable,” Haley said. And they haven’t yet, and the U. S. leads the rate on that. “
He did not specify what the duty would look like, but said the United States is “calling” China over the coronavirus pandemic.
In early March, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that the FBI believed the virus originated in a lab accident, likely from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The theory of laboratory leakage had been unfairly rejected. On Friday, the House unanimously sent legislation to President Biden requiring the declassification of data on the origins of COVID-19.
A 2021 study by the World Health Organization, which included Chinese researchers, decided that the laboratory leak theory was “highly unlikely. “
While other presidential candidates, including former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, are holding crusade events in Iowa on education, Haley met with U. S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday for a foreign policy forum. The event was organized through the Bastion Institute, a conservative foreign policy organization. Haley discussed her tenure in Trump’s tenure as ambassador to the United Nations, calling the foreign organization a “sham. “
He said China is America’s biggest adversary and the United States will have to accentuate and motivate its allies in organizations like the U. N. to hold the country accountable. In addition to questioning the spread of COVID-19, Haley raised protective considerations about the Chinese weather balloon shot down by the U. S. military. The U. S. government in February and ongoing tensions with Taiwan.
One of the tactics that the U. S. has The U. S. can dissuade China from taking military action against Taiwan is to be strong in favor of Ukraine in its defense against Russian invasion.
“China is watching what we do with Ukraine,” Haley said. “Look at who we’ve sanctioned, look at what other countries are joining us. If they see that we stand firm in Ukraine with our allies, they will remain in Taiwan. “.
Haley said she doesn’t think the U. S. is in the U. S. The U. S. wants to invest U. S. money or troops in Ukraine, but said the country deserves to work with allies and supply the Ukrainian military. as well as President Joe Biden’s resolve to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021. Those moves “gave Putin a green light” for his existing invasion, he said, signaling weakness in the face of U. S. foes like North Korea and Iran.
A forum player yelled at Haley on stage, “Ukraine is not our ally, why are we doing this?”before leaving. Haley said that during her time at the UN, Ukraine sided with the United States. He said that supporting Ukraine in its current combat is not about starting a war, but about preventing a war in the long term.
“If we win this war, it will send a message to China, it will send a message to Iran. It will send a message to North Korea, it will send a message to Russia,” Haley said. “If we lose this war, we will have to take the dictators at their word. They said Poland and the Baltics were next, and you are looking for a global war.
Pella’s Leanne Hessing said she agrees with Haley’s foreign policy platform and said the U. S. wants to be more of a supplier on the global stage. election.
Trump will host his own event in Iowa on Monday, speaking about school policy in Davenport. Although he said he had supported Trump in the past, he feared he would split in the upcoming election.
“I think he did well when he was president, but I don’t think he can win again,” Hessing said. “I think we want someone completely new. “
This article first appeared on Iowa Capital Dispatch, a sister site of the Nebraska Examiner in the States Newsroom Network.
by Cate Folsom, Nebraska examiner March 10, 2023
Former U. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Friday in Iowans that China will have to be held accountable through the foreign network for the spread of COVID-19.
“I think we want to go through and see the damage, the monetary damage that has occurred, the loss of life that has occurred, and each and every country in the world wants to know that and hold it accountable,” Haley said. And they haven’t yet, and the U. S. leads the rate on that. “
He did not specify what the duty would look like, but said the United States is “calling” China over the coronavirus pandemic.
In early March, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that the FBI believed the virus originated in a lab accident, likely from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The theory of laboratory leakage had been unfairly rejected. On Friday, the House unanimously sent legislation to President Biden requiring the declassification of data on the origins of COVID-19.
A 2021 study by the World Health Organization, which included Chinese researchers, decided that the laboratory leak theory was “highly unlikely. “
While other presidential candidates, including former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, are holding crusade events in Iowa on education, Haley met with U. S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday for a foreign policy forum. The event was organized through the Bastion Institute, a conservative foreign policy organization. Haley discussed her tenure in Trump’s tenure as ambassador to the United Nations, calling the foreign organization a “sham. “
He said China is America’s biggest adversary and the United States will have to accentuate and motivate its allies in organizations like the U. N. to hold the country accountable. In addition to questioning the spread of COVID-19, Haley raised protective considerations about the Chinese weather balloon shot down by the U. S. military. The U. S. government in February and ongoing tensions with Taiwan.
One of the tactics that the U. S. has The U. S. can dissuade China from taking military action against Taiwan is to be strong in favor of Ukraine in its defense against Russian invasion.
“China is watching what we do with Ukraine,” Haley said. “Look at who we’ve sanctioned, look at what other countries are joining us. If they see that we stand firm in Ukraine with our allies, they will remain in Taiwan. “.
Haley said she doesn’t think the U. S. is in the U. S. The U. S. wants to invest U. S. money or troops in Ukraine, but said the country deserves to work with allies and supply the Ukrainian military. as well as President Joe Biden’s resolve to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021. Those moves “gave Putin a green light” for his existing invasion, he said, signaling weakness in the face of U. S. foes like North Korea and Iran.
A forum player yelled at Haley on stage, “Ukraine is not our ally, why are we doing this?”before leaving. Haley said that during her time at the UN, Ukraine sided with the United States. He said that supporting Ukraine in its current combat is not about starting a war, but about preventing a war in the long term.
“If we win this war, it will send a message to China, it will send a message to Iran. It will send a message to North Korea, it will send a message to Russia,” Haley said. “If we lose this war, we will have to take the dictators at their word. They said Poland and the Baltics were next, and you are looking for a global war.
Pella’s Leanne Hessing said she agrees with Haley’s foreign policy platform and said the U. S. wants to be more of a supplier on the global stage. election.
Trump will host his own event in Iowa on Monday, speaking about school policy in Davenport. Although he said he had supported Trump in the past, he feared he would split in the upcoming election.
“I think he did well when he was president, but I don’t think he can win again,” Hessing said. “I think we want someone completely new. “
This article first appeared on Iowa Capital Dispatch, a sister site of the Nebraska Examiner in the States Newsroom Network.
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