COLUMBIA, S.C. – In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, presidential candidate Nikki Haley blasted President Biden for letting China walk all over the United States.
Haley has been the most outspoken presidential candidate against China. In her interview, she committed to building up America's military, holding Beijing accountable for COVID, closing Chinese spy stations across America, stopping China from stealing our intellectual property, stopping the flow of fentanyl, and stopping American technology exports to China.
On Friday, June 23, Nikki Haley will deliver a major policy speech in Washington at the American Enterprise Institute on the future of U.S.-China policy. In the Washington Post this weekend, Haley criticized the Biden administration for reengaging China with no plan to hold them accountable.
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"It's so naive by the administration. First you look at Janet Yellen saying she wants to have more economic ties with China. You've got Blinken and Biden basically saying the spy balloon was a mistake. China is cheering right now.
"Let's be clear, for the past several years China has been at war with us. We know it because they are building up their military, they've got the largest naval fleet in the world. They've got a hypersonic missile, we still don't have one. They're stealing $600 billion of intellectual property and we're not doing anything about it...China is making it very clear they are at war with America and the Biden Administration is making it clear they have no clue that's what they're trying to do."
BACKGROUND: Nikki Haley has a long record of standing up to China:
- In 2023, Haley criticized other candidates in the race for failing to understand that a Russian win in Ukraine is a win for China.
- In 2021, Haley was one of the few political leaders who called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
- In 2021, Haley wrote two op-eds criticizing American corporations for being hypocritical on China.
- In April 2020, Haley wrote an op-ed warning of the threats posed by China.
- In 2020, Nikki wrote two pieces about the need to separate from China and become more self-reliant.
- In 2019, Haley gave a major speech on China in which she called on the world to wake up to the increasing Chinese threat.
- In 2019, Haley wrote an op-ed about the the threat of China taking over Hong Kong.
- In 2017-2018, Haley convinced China and Russia to sign onto the toughest set of sanctions ever against North Korea.
Nikki Haley, Haley Campaign Press Release - VIDEO: Haley Blasts Biden For Caving to Beijing Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/369921