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Dem Rep. Quigley: China Spy Balloon Isn’t a New Issue, They’ve Had Satellites ‘for Years’
Breitbart ^ | 02/03/2023 | Ian hatchett

Posted on 02/04/2023 7:05:55 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) stated that the Chinese spy balloon is a serious issue, but we should note that “the low orbit Chinese satellites have been there for years, they’re there all the time. I don’t want the American people to think this is something new and that all of a sudden we have a concern that we didn’t have before.”

Quigley stated that Secretary of State Tony Blinken should not have canceled his trip to China over the balloon, and that “if you’re angry about something, don’t talk about it through the press, talk about it nose-to-nose and the ramifications, let them know we’re serious about matters like this.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: balloon; china; chinaspyballoon; quigley; spy
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Primo retard congressmen from Illinois. 🙄
1 posted on 02/04/2023 7:05:55 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is anyone else ok with this Chinese balloon landing in the front lawn of the WH and setting up shop?


2 posted on 02/04/2023 7:12:11 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, but probably not at 50,000 ft. Just sayin’..... 🤡


3 posted on 02/04/2023 7:14:14 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Spy balloons, schmy balloons, as long as I’m rich.”


4 posted on 02/04/2023 7:16:29 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quigley does as he is told from his Democrat masters - He is in a district where a Fence Post could be elected if it was on the Democrat ticket.


5 posted on 02/04/2023 7:17:47 AM PST by EC Washington
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m of the opinion that Xiden’s handlers made a phone call along the lines of,

“We would request that you direct one of your balloons to overfly the US. We’ll make it worth your while.”

And then a well-placed passenger says, “What is THAT???”

Innocent little distraction to turn attention elsewhere. /s

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/chinese-spy-balloon-changes-course-as-blinken-calls-the-incident-an-irresponsible-act

“The public certainly has the ability to look up in the sky and see where the balloon is,”

Um, “don’t look up.” /s

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/25/entertainment/dont-look-up-review/index.html

Made me chuckle, but I’m much more angry.


6 posted on 02/04/2023 7:20:33 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Blinken doesn’t do nose to nose confrontation very well. I still remember the Chinese chewing him out publicly the first time he met with them.


7 posted on 02/04/2023 7:22:11 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: JonPreston

Doesn’t the Chinese Communist Party already have Police Stations in the US ?


8 posted on 02/04/2023 7:28:10 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When Chinese troops are marching down the streets of San Francisco, Quigley and his fellow Dumbacrats will say, “Nothing to see here folks, we’ve had Chinese here for 150 years.”


9 posted on 02/04/2023 7:32:09 AM PST by Russ (I )
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To: butlerweave

Hell, China has Biden & Hunter in their pocket. They don’t need balloons floating over Montana.


10 posted on 02/04/2023 7:33:53 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The CCP balloon will soon be out at sea.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — The suspected Chinese spy balloon that was first spotted in Montana could pass over the Pee Dee and Myrtle Beach area on Saturday.

The balloon was first spotted in Montana, then over Missouri. The balloon was spotted over Asheville, North Carolina on Saturday morning. This balloon is roughly 60,000 feet above the surface.


11 posted on 02/04/2023 7:35:37 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: butlerweave

RE: Chinese police stations;

Yes and they’ve finally shut one down in NYC. It’s a much greater concern than this balloon’s surveillance capability since satellites have been doing surveillance much better for years.

This balloon appears to be a test for ol’ Joe, testing for our reactions. And then one day they can float a similar balloon with an EPM, killing all electronics (and life) in the US.

Take it down now, study it, confirm what it is.


12 posted on 02/04/2023 7:39:22 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Perhaps the balloon has a different purpose than the satellites. Could it be that the balloon’s purpose is biochemical warfare?


13 posted on 02/04/2023 7:41:55 AM PST by coldcash
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This isn’t some super secret spy mission on the part of the Chinese. They know damn well they couldn’t fly something like this through our airspace undetected. They want us to see it. This is literally a “trial balloon” so they could assess our reaction to this situation. At this point, the Chinese must be very pleased.


14 posted on 02/04/2023 7:45:55 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: butlerweave

And, one benefit of the balloon has been to heighten concern over China’s influence in the US. Schools, frkn’ police stations, land acquisition, everywhere....

Some officials are waking up.


15 posted on 02/04/2023 7:46:37 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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can this senile old bastard humiliate this country any further?....first getting troops trapped at an airport in Afghanistan, having to beg the enemy not to attack and kill them all...now this, a Chinese spy balloon invading US airspace...letting it go for days....shocking, but then again, the HATE AMERICA crowd is in charge...


16 posted on 02/04/2023 7:47:14 AM PST by basalt (qb's)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sounds like Quiggy is afraid these Chinese balloons over America are going to endanger the Demented One, FJB’s big comeback. The RATS had to bust their asses pulling Jo Jo’s chestnuts out of the fire over all his classified documents laying around all over Delaware and places unknown. FJB needed some fancy footwork from his “media” toads to save his Brandon Administration with more than half of its women being women.


17 posted on 02/04/2023 7:50:56 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what FJB Brandon said, "...more than half of the women in my administration are women.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He should resign after apologizing to the American public for being such a simplton.


18 posted on 02/04/2023 7:51:30 AM PST by centermass_socrates (Nothing to see here, just keep walking.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Balloon NOT = satellite. dem congressman NOT = smart.


19 posted on 02/04/2023 7:52:28 AM PST by I want the USA back (News media are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo hoo. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Primo retard congressmen from Illinois.

Either that or he's angling to get a payout from his sugar daddies in Beijing. There's good money to be made by selling out the USA, as Joe Biden and Bill Clinton have shown.

20 posted on 02/04/2023 7:54:50 AM PST by LuxAerterna
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