Nancy Pelosi mentioned her journey was meant to bolster President Joe Biden’s deal with the area.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mentioned members of Congress will not be intimidated by China’s response to her go to to Taiwan and that Chinese President Xi Jinping was performing “like a scared bully.”

Just as a result of Xi “has his own insecurities, doesn’t mean that I am going to have him do my schedule for members of Congress,” Pelosi mentioned Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” present.

In a separate look on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, Pelosi mentioned China cannot management the schedules of members of Congress, and, “We’re not going to be accomplices to his isolation of Taiwan.”

“I think he’s in a fragile place,” Pelosi mentioned, referring to China’s economic system. “He’s acting like a scared bully.”

Pelosi’s cease in Taiwan final week whereas within the Asia-Pacific area drew a robust response from China, which performed army workouts designed to show its capability to encircle the island and launched missiles that probably flew over Taipei and into waters Japan claims as an unique financial zone.

Pelosi mentioned her journey was meant to bolster President Joe Biden’s deal with the area, although the White House has repeatedly mentioned the choice to go was the House speaker’s alone.

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