🧵Tim Walz, Kamala Harris's VP choice, has views towards the Chinese Communist Party that are way outside of the mainstream consensus.
Here’s a detailed look at his relationship with Beijing over the years.
🗓️ 1989-1990: Walz taught a CCP-approved course in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Despite the political turmoil, he later argued that U.S. classrooms should avoid depicting China as a “scary” threat and instead focus on its complexity.
🗓️ 1992-2003: Over more than a decade, Walz made nearly annual trips to China.
He established a summer program for Minnesota high school students, with funding support from Beijing authorities.
🗓️ 1994: Walz and his wife chose China of all places for their honeymoon.
🗓️ 2007: Walz downplayed U.S. concerns about China, labeling them as "hyperbole." He compared the U.S.-China relationship to "a drug user and pusher," implying that the situation was more nuanced than it appeared. archive.mpr.org/stories/2007/0…
🗓️ 2019: Walz advocated for deeper economic engagement with Beijing despite ongoing human rights abuses.
He argued for a “solid, lasting partnership” with China, dismissing adversarial views as overly simplistic.
🗓️ Despite his academic focus on genocide studies, Walz has praised Communist China as “amazing” and insisted he was treated well during his time there.
China has an ongoing genocide in Xinjiang, as declared by both Trump and Biden.
In February 2020, Secretary @mikepompeo warned U.S. governors of this very issue: China's strategic influence on U.S. officials.
He highlighted Beijing's efforts to assess and categorize governors based on their stance towards China.
politico.com/news/2020/02/0…
If Walz has his way, our China policy will be the weakest in generations. This should and will scare our Asian allies.
The threat of China will be the next admin’s #1 natsec challenge. The Harris-Walz campaign must answer real & serious questions on their CCP policy.
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