House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her trip to Taiwan in a Tuesday interview saying that the venture was 'absolutely' worth it despite China's retaliatory measures.
opened up about her controversial trip to Taiwan that triggered strong blow back from China and a headache for the Biden administration. told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie when asked if the trip to Taiwan was"worth it."
"I have overwhelming bipartisan support for our visit to Taiwan, as Speaker of the House and with the distinguished delegation that I went there with. We were very well received. Thousands of people in the streets." When asked why she went to Taiwan at this time, Pelosi explained to Guthrie that the trip was originally planned for earlier this year but was delayed due to her positive coronavirus test and also pointed out that Taiwan was not the only stop she made while in Asia.
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, holds her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 29, 2022. "A lot of attention was paid to Taiwan and that’s right but it was a bigger visit than that," Pelosi said."It followed on the president’s direction that we would have a focus on the Asia Pacific."
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