Former Defense Secretary Urges Pelosi to Visit Taiwan, Stand Up to China

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🗓️ 4 August 2022

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan next month and Beijing is not happy, threatening "determined and forceful measures" if the trip happens. “[China] will have to take determined and forceful measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity” if the trip proceeds, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, according to the Financial Times. Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is among those cautioning Pelosi, D-Calif., against any decision to cancel or postpone the trip while warning what message it would send to China. "At this point, given the bluster and proclamations coming out from Beijing, I think if she doesn't take the trip it'll look like she stood down in the face of Chinese rhetoric and protestations," Esper says. Esper joins this episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan, wokeness in the military, and the Army’s recruiting crisis. We also cover these stories: Democrats seek term limits for Supreme Court justices. A poll finds that Americans aren't on board with protests at Supreme Court justices' homes. A Florida state agency sues a Miami bar for staging drag queen shows for children. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, July 28th.
0:09.9	I'm Virginia Allen and I'm Samantha Rank.
0:12.2	On today's show, I speak with Dr. Mark Esper former Defense Secretary under President
0:16.4	Donald Trump about speaker Nancy Pelosi's upcoming trip to Taiwan, wokeness in the military
0:21.8	and the U.S. Army's recruiting crisis, and more.
0:25.0	But before we get to semantics conversation with Dr. Mark Esper, let's hit our top news
0:29.0	stories of the day.
0:41.8	Supreme Court Justices serve lifetime appointments, but Democrats are seeking to change that.
0:48.6	A group of House Democrats have introduced a bill that would limit the time a Supreme
0:53.1	Court Justice can serve to 18 years.
0:56.4	Georgia Democrat Representative Hank Johnson is sponsoring the bill and says term limits
1:02.0	are a necessary step towards restoring balance to this radical, unrestrained majority on
1:08.7	the court.
1:09.7	The bill would allow the president to nominate a new Supreme Court justice every two years
1:14.6	to fill vacancies as the justice is complete their 18-year term.
1:18.9	The Constitution specifically states that justices are appointed for life, so the legality
1:24.2	of the bill remains unclear.
1:27.4	Republican lawmakers are demanding answers from the Centers for Disease Control for a
1:32.0	link on its website called Q Chat Space, which is a digital LGBTQ plus center where teens
1:39.7	join live chat professionally facilitated online support groups according to the CDC website.
1:47.4	Representative Dan Bishop along with other Republican congressmen wrote a letter to CDC
1:51.4	director Dr. Rochelle Wolinski, which slams the National Public Health Agency for directing
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