Just Remember: Biden Is Soft On China, Trump Was Not

This is huge:

After taking office, Biden quickly ordered stronger defenses against Chinese espionage. This action by Biden is how he was able to detect spy balloons while Trump was not. This is also why Trump missed the balloons. (@ZekeJMiller) https://t.co/efZSSc4dcv pic.twitter.com/foAofKeFxe

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) February 7, 2023

U.S. officials say that efforts ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration. https://t.co/sdXlOcVbDV

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 6, 2023

And since Biden's Administration keeps bringing up comparisons to FDR's:

FDR used his State of the Union 1941 to go after those people he saw as American enemies of democracy. pic.twitter.com/wXTkYWGPiG

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) February 7, 2023

It wouldn't be so bad.

MAGA-GOP social media spin army of bots, trolls, the ignorant, extremist nut jobs and their foreign buddies already out in force to spin the State of the Union and attack Biden. Gonna be a long long day out here in the Twitterverse.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 7, 2023

You know, the bulk of America is not on Twitter, nor on social media that much. That difference is about to become obvious:

Republicans are determined to convince Americans that Big Tech colluded with Democrats to bury the laptop story ahead of the election — evidence be damned. https://t.co/d8RDhGlBIP

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 7, 2023

A tiny percentage of Americans have even heard of the "Twitter Files."  An even tinier percentage gives a wet snap about them.  The more the GOP House hammers on "HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP!," the more America is gonna say: "What the hell?" You know, sort of like this is not going to win friends and (positively, anyway) influence too many people:

Gosar, back on committees now, uses his questioning time during a border hearing to push the "great replacement" conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/wUJAycUXP2

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 7, 2023

Yeah, I know Republicans want to scream about "UKRAINE!", too. It's their new Benghazi. Still, Benghazi involved individuals Americans could care about (and should have cared about, don't misunderstand me). So does Ukraine:

Update:

We just returned from zero line to pick up new equipment before heading back out.

The Russians came at us twice.

We stopped them twice. pic.twitter.com/d6L9tA9IWv

— Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) February 6, 2023

Ukraine wins.

And on an unrelated note, but it's something else I'll just keep saying over and over again:  Abortion is a medical procedure, and should be treated as such under the law:

Her fetus had a fatal birth defect. She had to fly out of Florida for an abortion https://t.co/rTW7M5Ws64

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 7, 2023

Questions of "the mother's health" or the "health of the fetus" should not be questions for prosecutors and criminal trials. QED.