Survey: Most Say Biden Administration Acted ‘Too Slowly’ in Taking Down Chinese Spy Balloon

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Most voters believe President Joe Biden’s administration moved too slowly in taking down the Chinese spy balloon, which slowly made its way across the country before the U.S. military shot it down off the Carolina coast, a recent Harvard Caps/Harris survey found, Breitbart reports.

The U.S. shot down the Chinese spy balloon — which China initially asserted to be a civilian airship researching weather — earlier this month after it had already meandered its way across several states, above key military sites.

Biden claims he gave the go ahead days prior, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reiterated that claim in a statement, asserting the president “gave his authorization to take down the surveillance balloon as soon as the mission could be accomplished without undue risk to American lives under the balloon’s path.”

According to the survey, most, 79 percent, heard about the Air force taking down the Chinese surveillance balloon, and most believe it to be a “challenge to U.S. sovereignty by China,” “an espionage threat,” and “a threat to commercial aircraft” as well. 

A majority, 63 percent, of voters believe the Biden administration “acted too slowly” in taking down the balloon, compared to 37 percent who believe the administration acted in a “measured way.” A plurality of voters also believe Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s action — canceling his trip to China — was not enough. 

The survey also asked about other unidentified “aerial objects” that have since been spotted but taken down by the U.S. Air Force since the China spy balloon’s demise. Most, 59 percent, believe those are also Chinese spy balloons, and 82 percent support a congressional investigation into the matter. Seventy-seven percent also support taking “punitive action” on China due to the communist country’s latest moves. 


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  1. The real question is why? Our military knew about the balloon when it left China. It should have been shot down as soon as it entered our airspace over Alaska. Why wasn’t it? Why was it allowed to traverse the whole country, passing over strategic military sites housing nuclear weapons? It doesn’t make sense. Just a thought, General Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, previously admitted that he told his counterproductive in China, that if Trump planned any action against them,he would give them a heads up. Without question, this is treason, yet he still has his job. Joe’s son Hunter had business dealings with China,which though Joe denied knowing about it, has been shown to be a lie. So,is Joe compromised by his son’s ( and his) dealings with China. This is terribly troubling. I hope I’m wrong, but things appear that something is very, very wrong.

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