Morning Jolt: Joe Biden Drastically Downplays China

Making the click-through worthwhile: On the campaign trail, Joe Biden offers an assessment of China's leaders that is simply stunning; the Democrats rage about Attorney General William Barr but are vague on what they're willing do about him; a familiar congresswoman blames the United States for the violence in Venezuela; and the Democrats get yet another presidential candidate.

Joe Biden's Wildly and Dangerously Naïve Assessment of China

You hear pretty often that a this-or-that political figure made a shocking statement, and sometimes it's genuinely shocking, and sometimes it's overhyped. But former vice president Joe Biden declaring that the figures running the Chinese government are "not bad folks" and that "they're not competition to us" has to be the most jaw-dropping assessment of a world power since Gerald Ford's 1976 assessment that "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration."

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May 02 2019

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Joe Biden Drastically Downplays China Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: On the campaign trail, Joe Biden offers an assessment of China's leaders that is simply stunning; the Democrats rage about Attorney General William Barr but are vague on what they're willing do about him; a familiar congresswoman blames the United States for the violence in Venezuela; and the Democrats get yet another presidential candidate. Joe Biden's Wildly and Dangerously Naïve Assessment of China You hear pretty often that a this-or-that political figure made a shocking statement, and sometimes it's genuinely shocking, and sometimes it's overhyped. But former vice president Joe Biden declaring that the figures running the Chinese government are "not bad folks" and that "they're not competition to us" has to be the most jaw-dropping assessment of a world power since Gerald Ford's 1976 assessment that "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration." Biden's full quote ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories James Buckley Urges Congress to Stay out of State Affairs George Will An omnipresent, micromanaging federal government will necessarily be presidential government, with the chief executive's discretion unbound, and unsupervised by a Congress that manages to be both harried and lethargic. The Incredibly Dumb Bill Barr Scandal  The Editors What is perhaps most notable about this episode is that Robert Mueller — or, perhaps, as Barr hinted in his Wednesday testimony, people around him — were concerned about the media coverage and political discussion around his report. Barr Won't Testify Before House Judiciary Due to Dems' 'Unprecedented and Unnecessary'... Jack Crowe Attorney General William Barr will not appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday to answer questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as previously... ADVERTISEMENT 'Chinese Capitalism' Is an Oxymoron Robert D. Atkinson What Beijing rules over is not a market economy. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Mess The Editors The infrastructure scheme deserves to die an early and unlamented legislative death. Presidents Should Not Investigate Themselves Suranjan Sen Regardless of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, he never should have been supervising an investigation into himself. Policing the executive is a role for Congress, and, ultimately, the American people. Clinton Projection Syndrome Victor Davis Hanson For Clinton now to project that the president should be indicted suggests she is worried about her own potential indictment. Ilhan Omar Blames U.S. Policy for Upheaval in Venezuela Mairead McArdle Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) blamed the U.S. on Wednesday for the 'devastation' in Venezuela. ADVERTISEMENT A Word From The American Conservative The American Conservative's 2019 Gala Honoring J. D. Vance Join us in Washington, D.C. at the Mayflower Hotel on May 9, 2019 for this special occasion. "TAC is...highly literate and wonderfully well edited." — Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. LEARN MORE Photo Essays Top Shots Defending America ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.