In many ways, the Taiwan visit was the McCaul Show. The GOP chair — whose gregariousness and sense of humor breaks from the stereotypical mold of overseas diplomats — appeared ready to stretch the ambiguity doctrine at every turn.
Rep. Michael McCaul , the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, seated next to Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, predicted in Taiwan that Beijing might ultimately invade or blockade the island should it fail to influence the presidential election there next year.
And McCaul must’ve felt it went too far too, softening it in a later statement to POLITICO: “We protect Taiwan by arming and training them — and by being prepared to defend them, if necessary.” Then-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks with Tsai after arriving at the president's office on Aug. 3, 2022, in Taipei. | Chien Chih-Hung/Office of The President via Getty Images
But he acknowledged that he wasn’t sure Congress would rise to meet the moment in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, the way it has done so far in support of Ukraine, despite the House GOP’s overall more hawkish approach to Beijing versus Moscow.Kevin McCarthy “And in foreign affairs and diplomacy, I think language matters,” added Bera, one of two Democrats in the McCaul-led delegation. He declined to single out any specific cases of overly heated rhetoric.
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