An exasperated Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tweeted his frustration late Thursday after the Senate on a 91-4 vote adopted a measure that cuts U.S. tariffs on hundreds of products imported from China.
“The ‘China bill’ now reduces tariffs on hundreds of products made in #China. Why would we cut tariffs on China in a bill to improve American’s ability to compete with China? And only @HawleyMO, @TomCottonAR @BernieSanders, and I voted against it. #Strangebedfellows,” Rubio said in his tweet.
Just a few minutes before that tweet, Rubio tweeted a segment of his floor speech from earlier in the day in which he passionately told Senate colleagues the national security safeguards in the bill to protect U.S. technology research are inadequate.
“What I want you to understand is this is not a minor security threat, this is the number one priority of Chinese intelligence, this is what all of their agencies and all of their government are geared towards doing,” Rubio said, referring to Chinese digital and human intelligence theft of American secrets.
Rubio’s ire was stirred by the amendment that ran to more than 280 pages, making major changes to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, formerly known as the Endless Frontier Act.
The amendment was introduced by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and co-sponsored by Republican senators Charles Grassley of Iowa, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Steve Daines of Montana, John Cornyn of Texas, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Todd Young of Indiana.
This seems to show that MOST Congressmen are on China's payroll.
Every time you point the finger at China, remember that the Chinese Communists could not take American middle class’s jobs and wealth if corporations and the politicians they bought didn’t make deals with communists (who are actually fascist in practice) in the first place.
China did not rise to power on the backs of it slaves/citizens, it rose to power on the bankroll of American corporations and under The supervision of the American Congress and presidents going back to the Richard Nixon Era.
I wouldn't doubt Rubio and his "bedfellows" were the ones chosen to vote against the bill. Is it crazy to think the dissenters are part of the scam to make it all seem believable? It's not like those 4 "bedfellows" haven't made some headscratching votes that go completely against their supposed stances.
This seems to show that MOST Congressmen are on China's payroll.