Common Ground: Protecting Taiwan

The Bret Baier Podcast

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Since reports emerged that Chinese President Xi Jinping allegedly directed the People’s Liberation Army to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan by 2027, the United States has ramped up efforts to ensure Taiwan has the resources and support it needs to defend itself. On Capitol Hill, Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Chris Coons (D-DE), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are leading that charge with The PORCUPINE Act, a bill designed to streamline arms sales to Taiwan and bolster its defensive capabilities. Sen. Coons and Sen. Ricketts join Bret to discuss why arming Taiwan is one of the most effective steps the U.S. can take to deter aggression in the region. They also weigh in on former President Biden's recent diagnosis, and the U.S. decision to formally accept a jet from Qatar. Follow Bret on X: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Box News Podcasts presents the Brett Bear Podcasts, Common Ground.
0:41.6	There are a number of senators on the Republican side that continue to want to find common ground.
0:46.8	We emphasize the conflict and controversy cells, and I think it's a problem because most Americans look at Washington and see something that's broken.
0:53.2	Why don't we look for ways that we celebrate what this country is capable of doing?
0:57.6	It's amazing what you can do when you get off social media and you start talking, communicating with one another because there is common ground.
1:04.5	With Fox News Chief Political anchor Brett Bear.
1:11.6	Shinchiping has 2027 as a year that the PLA has to be ready to take Taiwan by force.
1:19.6	And it's depending on what we do, what Taiwan does to better prepare itself for this eventuality,
1:25.6	that we hope for peace.
1:32.2	But as the saying goes here, we repeatedly, peace through strength.
1:38.5	On tonight's Common Ground segment, a bipartisan effort in the Senate to enable Taiwan to receive arms and supplies while it faces threats from communist China.
1:42.3	Joining us, Foreign Relations Committee members, Senator Pete Ricketts, Republican from Nebraska, and Senator Chris Krikitt. while it faces threats from communist china joining us foreign relations committee members
1:45.1	senator pete rickets republican from nebraska and senator chris coons democrat
1:49.4	from delaware thank you both for being here want to talk about this legislation and the
1:53.3	threat from china in just a second i want to ask both of you a question where there's common ground
1:57.9	where you're getting criticism from the other party. Senator Coons,
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