Our long national nightmare is over
thoughts and prayers to all the victims of the Chinese balloon, of which there were none https://t.co/YEcX4JUecx
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
Oops:
Tonight, it's been reported that at least 3 Chinese spy balloons crossed the U.S. during Trump's administration.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) February 5, 2023
Yesterday afternoon, Mike Pompeo told Fox News he was not aware of this happening "during our four years in office" to "the best of my knowledge." pic.twitter.com/TczYr9lBXY
Fox News Sunday, per U.S. officials on Chinese spy balloons: "Others were spotted near Texas and Florida, dating back to the Trump administration, but never previously acknowledged publicly." pic.twitter.com/7NvD2I4Xqs
— The Recount (@therecount) February 5, 2023
Marco Rubio's line about why Chinese balloon fights are worse under Biden than they were under Trump is because the flight path for this one was different. Alrighty then. pic.twitter.com/HGjndM6MPK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
Tom Cotton tries to blame reports that Chinese balloons also flew over the US during the Trump years on Obama pic.twitter.com/fsSenOo2nM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
Asked on Meet the Press about reports that there were numerous Chinese balloon incidents during the Trump administration, Rep. Mike Turner immediately changes the topic back to criticizing Biden pic.twitter.com/rTq4paethq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
RUBIO: The message China was trying to send is that the US can't even do anything about a balloon flying over their airspace. How can you count on them?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
ABC'S JONATHAN KARL: But the balloon was shot out of the sky.
RUBIO: Yeah. pic.twitter.com/8vv3J0sk2y
Bartiromo will be at home anchoring for InfoWars if the Fox thing doesn't work out https://t.co/z72d6FhWvi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
They have no idea how utterly daft they sound, do they?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
Reality:
"It sounds simple, I suppose, if you don't think about it for more than a second" — Pete Buttigieg on Meet the Press on shooting down the balloon pic.twitter.com/ZBNsEiCNAy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2023
Kicker:
I just spoke with our GREAT America First President Trump.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 5, 2023
He would have never allowed China to fly a spy balloon over our country and our military bases and assets.
Pres Trump would have shot it down before it entered the US.
And so would I.
(Is she running????)