“That balloon was not helpful, which is why we shot it down,” Harris says.
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the US this month was “not helpful” — days after saying the incursion should not impact US-China relations.
Harris did not directly answer Mitchell’s question about Chinese government claims that the flight path was accidental. “That is not going to change, but surely and certainly that balloon was not helpful, which is why we shot it down.”AP White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday afternoon denounced China’s “irresponsible actions” while saying the fate of relations was up to Beijing.
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