Majority Whip Emmer calls Biden’s response to Chinese spy theft ahead of State of the Union ‘ridiculous’

FIRST ON FOX: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., blasted President Biden’s response to the Chinese spy theft, saying he doesn’t think the president’s response was quick enough.

Emmer spoke to Fox News Digital on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the president’s State of the Union address, where he laughed out loud when asked about Biden’s quick response to the spy balloon that traveled over the American continent.

“Ha!” Emmer said in response to a question about whether Biden’s response was quick enough to satisfy Congress. “Absolutely not.”

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“And now, in defense of the president, apparently the defense industry that is part of our government, the people charged with protecting the homeland and the safety of Americans, they haven’t bothered to tell anyone. “, said Emmer. said.

“It was someone from Montana who saw it and brought it to light,” the House Majority Whip continued. “Otherwise, you and I, the president might never have known this thing existed.”

Emmer said Biden “should have acted immediately” after hearing about the ball last Wednesday and that “this argument that they didn’t know what to do, or that he gave someone authority, and they waiting for him to complete his mission across the United States, is ridiculous.”

“It’s inexcusable, and in fact, the American people should be held accountable,” Emmer said.

“This should never happen again. There should be an immediate investigation into why our military leadership did not immediately notify the Commander-in-Chief when that spy balloon was over the Pacific. Why didn’t it? Didn’t they know so they could have acted there? Better yet, if they weren’t going to tell the president, why didn’t they act when it was over the Pacific?”

Emmer said Biden “should have acted immediately” after learning of the balloon last Wednesday. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

“The fact that it took them several days after, and literally allowed the Chinese to complete their mission, is pathetic, inexcusable, and should have been dealt with immediately,” Emmer said.

Emmer also said that while he wouldn’t “speculate” whether first son Hunter Biden’s business dealings with China influenced the administration’s decision to drop the ball, he “trusts to Republican committee leaders ‘to do their job’ and ‘make sure we get to the bottom of it.’

Emmer also said he would like to hear Biden “address energy independence,” the “open” southern border crisis, and address big-city crime in his speech Tuesday night.

“I’d love to hear him address the southern border and how we’re going to make sure that’s, literally, the open border that his administration has created over the last two years, how they’re going to turn the tide and solidify the border south and protect Americans across the country from the fentanyl crisis we face,” Emmer said.

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“I think it would be just three quick questions that he could reach across the aisle and say, ‘I’m ready to work with the new Republican majority to help Americans in their daily lives,'” a he continued.

Emmer said GOP Representatives Pat Fallon of Texas and Andy Biggs of Arizona were within their rights as lawmakers to introduce the two impeachment resolutions against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

“But I think the committees will now do their job. It’s about raising this issue for the American people,” Emmer said. “Because, quite frankly, the left-leaning media didn’t see fit to report it.”

Emmer said GOP Representatives Pat Fallon of Texas and Andy Biggs of Arizona were within their rights as lawmakers to introduce the two impeachment resolutions against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Getty Images)

Emmer blasted Biden for his “choreographed” border trip to El Paso, Texas, and said he thinks “the more this issue is brought to light for the American people to see and understand that this is about a crisis on our southern border is a crisis created by this administration, and it is a crisis that this administration can quickly address by returning to enforce the laws that were in place and enforced before they took office.”

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“Whether or not that creates grounds for the articles that have been filed, we’ll have to see, but I think it’s really important that this case be tried in the court of public opinion,” Emmer said.

“I think Americans who are directly impacted by the opening of the southern border, with up to 300 Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses every day, I think that’s really where this trial is going to take place.” , he added.