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Dem congressman compares Chinese spy balloon to DHS blimp monitoring US-Mexico border
Fox News ^ | 2/3/2023 | Adam Shaw

Posted on 02/04/2023 8:22:10 AM PST by Right Wing Vegan

A Democratic congressman made a comparison on Friday between the balloon being flown over the U.S. by the Chinese communist regime, and the move by the Department of Homeland Security to fly blimps over over the Arizona border to monitor smuggling and trafficking along the southern border.

"People are outraged by a Chinese surveillance balloon, but when @DHSgov puts up a surveillance blimp in Arizona border communities without community consultation," Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., tweeted, followed by a silenced emoji and a "sssh" emoji.

He later edited the tweet to clarify that people are "rightfully" outraged.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumn; balloon; balloons; china; chinaballoon; chinaspyballoon; dhs; fifthcolumn; grijalva; raulgrijalva; surveillance; surveillanceblimp
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Didn't want to add to the balloon stories but this demonrat statement is cartoonish enough to enjoy on a Saturday morning.
1 posted on 02/04/2023 8:22:10 AM PST by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

I see his point. We have a free for all de facto immigration policy. Why not the same for our national airspace?

/s


2 posted on 02/04/2023 8:25:22 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Right Wing Vegan

That guy is scary stupid.


3 posted on 02/04/2023 8:25:34 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

If you watch monkey werx, he tracks several US stratospheric balloons. Two are known to be over the US now and there’s at least one over Europe. They are all up around 80,000’ MSL.


4 posted on 02/04/2023 8:26:13 AM PST by fretzer
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

5 posted on 02/04/2023 8:26:57 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
what a moronic analogy.

We have an obligation, not us a right, to monitor our own borders. Other nations don't have the right to send balloons here to gather information.

But, this all just a distraction. The balloon is a weather balloon and the Chinese use satellites for their real spying.

6 posted on 02/04/2023 8:30:17 AM PST by Kazan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Only difference is our balloon is on side of the boarder, China’s is on our side. What a dumb a$$. Either you are Pro-American or you’re a Commie. Simple test to determine what side a leader is on.


7 posted on 02/04/2023 8:30:42 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

This is just the democrat Chinese spies coming to China’s aid.

Here is another one.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4128483/posts


8 posted on 02/04/2023 8:31:24 AM PST by Revel
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To: Kazan

>The balloon is a weather balloon and the Chinese use satellites for their real spying.

Could be. Our stratospheric balloons are much more than weather balloons.

https://idstch.com/space/stratospheric-balloons-provide-high-speed-internet-military-wide-area-real-time-intelligence/


9 posted on 02/04/2023 8:35:27 AM PST by fretzer
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Grijalva is industrial grade stupid.


10 posted on 02/04/2023 8:35:41 AM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

I guess there’s no difference between the US government using a balloon to monitor its borders compared to a foreign power sending balloons across other countries. The real question is how much was he paid and by whom?


11 posted on 02/04/2023 8:35:46 AM PST by newzjunkey (Trump cannot win in 2024)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Multiculturalism does have its disadvantages.


12 posted on 02/04/2023 8:36:09 AM PST by allendale
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

He could be right. The US federal government and CCP are on the same side against the American people.


13 posted on 02/04/2023 8:37:18 AM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Anyone ask him if he is perfectly fine with Chinese spy assets having free reign in the United States, like his fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell?


14 posted on 02/04/2023 8:38:12 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: BenLurkin

He’s not alone. I figure roughly 75% of morons living in the USA are his IQ level.


15 posted on 02/04/2023 8:45:18 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Dems aren’t any good at analogies


16 posted on 02/04/2023 8:48:58 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

We don’t share a border with China, but might as well with all of their fentanyl that gets smuggled over.


17 posted on 02/04/2023 8:50:05 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

“Grijalva was so militant that he alienated some members of Tucson’s Mexican-American community. After losing in his first bid for elective office, a 1972 run for a seat on the school board, he began to cultivate a less radical image.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raza_Unida_Party


18 posted on 02/04/2023 9:12:33 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

And word went forth to defend ‘the balloon’.

Now we know it’s all staged.


19 posted on 02/04/2023 9:16:25 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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"Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz DRUG CARTELS.,

Fixed it

20 posted on 02/04/2023 9:55:25 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying To All.)
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