{"id":100417,"date":"2024-02-29T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=100417"},"modified":"2024-02-29T11:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:58:28","slug":"100417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=100417","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/schumer-n-y-81456\/\">CHUCK SCHUMER, N.Y. DEMS, CAUGHT ON VIDEO WAVING CHINESE FLAG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other New York Democrats are in hot water after being caught on video appearing to pay homage to China, which is supposed to be the United States\u2019 most significant rival on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer waved the flag \u201cjust moments after the organizers of a Lunar New Year event blasted China\u2019s national anthem in the middle of Manhattan,\u201d the National Review\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/02\/schumer-waves-chinas-flag-after-its-national-anthem-blares-at-manhattan-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchumer\u2019s apparent willingness to wave the flag of a foreign authoritarian government calls attention to the strange nature of the New York political world\u2019s engagements with community events that feature a pro-Beijing twist,\u201d NR reported further.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate leader and other leading New York politicians were onstage at a rally ahead of an annual parade in Manhattan\u2019s Chinatown district with Huang Ping, a hard-line Chinese ambassador who has denied China\u2019s human rights abuses, as well as \u201cWu Xiaoming, a senior consular official linked to China\u2019s secret\u00a0police station in New York,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: Senator Chuck Schumer waved the People&#39;s Republic of China flag onstage at a Lunar New Year event on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>He and other top New York politicians appeared onstage at a rally, preceding an annual parade in Manhattan\u2019s Chinatown, alongside Huang Ping, a hard-line Chinese\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/seqf0RhOl0\">pic.twitter.com\/seqf0RhOl0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jimmy Quinn (@james_t_quinn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/james_t_quinn\/status\/1762217358108598733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Besides Schumer, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, NYC Mayor Eric Adams, and several New York legislators and city council members were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cStar-Spangled Banner\u201d and \u201cMarch of the Volunteers,\u201d the national anthems of China and the United States, respectively, were both performed near the event\u2019s conclusion by a singer.<\/p>\n<p>NR noted further:<\/p>\n<p><em>At one point during the latter song, Schumer appeared to put his hand over his heart, before quickly removing it. Then, someone in the crowd attempted to hand Hochul \u2014 who waved China\u2019s flag at last year\u2019s event \u2014 an American and a Chinese flag. She appeared not to accept them. Instead, Schumer grabbed the two flags and vigorously waved them for a moment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During his speech, Schumer also called for more immigration from China to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to say that I am a fighter to get comprehensive immigration reform to allow many more Chinese to come to America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Chinese President Xi Jinping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/warned-biden-79642\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a>\u00a0President Joe Biden that he planned to absorb Taiwan at some point, even if it meant doing so by force, during their recent summit in San Francisco, according to sources who spoke to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/china\/xi-warned-biden-summit-beijing-will-reunify-taiwan-china-rcna130087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>\u00a0that the sources said Xi told Biden that China would unify with Taiwan but did not give a timetable. The Chinese leader added during \u201ca group meeting attended by a dozen American and Chinese officials that China\u2019s preference is to take Taiwan peacefully, not by force,\u201d NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Chinese leader also addressed public forecasts by U.S. military leaders suggesting that Xi intends to annex Taiwan in 2025 or 2027.<\/p>\n<p>According to two current and one former official briefed on the meeting, Xi informed Biden that such predictions were incorrect because he had not specified a specific timeframe for such actions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<p>Before the summit, Chinese officials requested that Biden publicly affirm that the U.S. supports China\u2019s pursuit of peaceful reunification with Taiwan and does not endorse Taiwanese independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House declined this request, NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The newly revealed information sheds light on a pivotal meeting between the two leaders to ease tensions between their respective nations, which did not appear to happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHUCK SCHUMER, N.Y. DEMS, CAUGHT ON VIDEO WAVING CHINESE FLAG Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other New York Democrats are in hot water after being caught on video appearing to pay homage to China, which is supposed to be the United States\u2019 most significant rival on the world stage. 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