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White House brushes off deleted Taiwan tweet as an ‘honest mistake’
nypost.com ^ | July 8, 2021 | Mark Moore

Posted on 07/09/2021 7:57:12 AM PDT by lowbridge

The White House on Thursday dismissed the deletion of a tweet with an image of Taiwan’s flag by its COVID Response Team as an “honest mistake.” 

“This was an honest mistake that was made by the team handling graphics and social media, and should not in any way be viewed as a shift in official US policy. When we recognized the mistake, we removed the tweet,” press secretary Jen Psaki said at the White House daily press briefing. 

She said the US remains committed to the One China Policy, which recognizes the People’s Republic of China but not Taiwan’s independence.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; taiwan
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1 posted on 07/09/2021 7:57:12 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

If you have to add the word “honest” to any explanation ...it means it wasn’t.


2 posted on 07/09/2021 7:58:58 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: lowbridge; Army Air Corps
Reunification flag for Taiwan and China: CCP_virus
3 posted on 07/09/2021 7:59:17 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: lowbridge

Deprraved and corrupt.

After the assassination of Haitian president they broke in to the Taiwan Embassy.

There’s something going on coordinated by the ChiComs and Rainbow-Flag Cartel.


4 posted on 07/09/2021 8:01:36 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: lowbridge

Master Xi was not pleased.


5 posted on 07/09/2021 8:01:43 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: lowbridge

BS! The US has NEVER committed to that policy. Until now.


6 posted on 07/09/2021 8:01:49 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

“If you have to add the word “honest” to any explanation ...it means it wasn’t.”

Exactly right. The word “honest” is right up there with “Let me be clear...”


7 posted on 07/09/2021 8:02:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I’m not a conspiracy theorist....but, I don’t believe in coincidences, either.” ~ Steve Bannon)
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To: lowbridge
From MRC:

"White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell said this week the U.S. does “not support Taiwan independence” but does “very much support Taiwan’s dignity."

As if that statement means anything except "Taiwan is yours for the taking, Xi"

DC is compromised and is acting against its own citizens on the behalf of a foreign power.

8 posted on 07/09/2021 8:02:59 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: lowbridge

Jen Psaki…..

Nancy Pelosi’s mini me.


9 posted on 07/09/2021 8:03:26 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: lowbridge
She said the US remains committed to the One China Policy, which recognizes the People’s Republic of China but not Taiwan’s independence.

The One China Policy was pushed by the Dems under the peanut president. check it out. Old news.

10 posted on 07/09/2021 8:04:48 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: Tench_Coxe
"White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell said this week the U.S. does “not support Taiwan independence” but does “very much support Taiwan’s dignity."

Looks like Taiwan will be a province of China again very shortly. Our corrupt admin is effectively selling them out as we speak. Sounds like pay-back for helping them get elected. What will future historians make of this perfidy?
11 posted on 07/09/2021 8:07:02 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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“...When we recognized the mistake, we removed the tweet,” press secretary Jen Psaki said at the White House daily press briefing....”

Do you HAVE to be a moron to work in the Biden WH? I mean, is THAT the pre requisite?

12 posted on 07/09/2021 8:07:09 AM PDT by SMARTY (Republics decline into democracies & democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

LOL. You are absolutely right about that.


13 posted on 07/09/2021 8:07:41 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: lowbridge

If Free People are not worth fighting for then who are?-)


14 posted on 07/09/2021 8:10:41 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: lowbridge

There is no such thing as honest with any democrat.


15 posted on 07/09/2021 8:11:53 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Antoninus
"What will future historians make of this perfidy?"

It depends. Will it be written by the CCO and its ancillaries, or by a free people?

16 posted on 07/09/2021 8:13:54 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

I thought we always backed Taiwan independence?????


17 posted on 07/09/2021 8:15:02 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: KC_Lion

Get rid of the communist junta.


18 posted on 07/09/2021 8:15:21 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Tench_Coxe

” “Taiwan is yours for the taking, Xi””

I read an article about how the Korean War started. If I recall, the then Secretary of Defense was being interviewed and he said something like, It’s not in our strategic interest to defend South Korea. The war started about a month later. The article followed the series of events and concluded that the statement by the Sec Def was a clear, unambiguous go-ahead to the North Koreans that they could take Sough Korea without a fight. The article made a good case. This points out the danger of having unclear policies and government officials making stupid off-script statements. *coughbiden* Anyone with half a brain would not wave a red flag like that in front of a bull.

I was talking to a retired man who had spent his entire career in the state department advising higher up people on how to act and what to say. He was a idiot who had no idea how anything actually worked. His notion of what motivated people was so off-key it was as though he’d never met a bully or someone who would lie. Amazing that people like him are in government and sometimes make policy.


19 posted on 07/09/2021 8:20:04 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: lowbridge

The White House suddenly heard from Qualcomm and Silicon Valley.
I suspect the discussion went one direction.
SV -> Biden: “You have no idea what is going on in Taiwan”


20 posted on 07/09/2021 8:20:47 AM PDT by Zathras
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