Someone is going to have to explain this to us like we’re a 5-year-old…
President Biden allowed a Chinese spy balloon to leisurely sail across the continental United States for days —refused to shoot it down until it completed its mission —finally shooting it down off the coast of South Carolina and into the Atlantic Ocean.
We know that the spy balloon was equipped with antennae capable of capturing communications as well as other sensitive data while floating, unimpeded, through restricted United States airspace.
As previously reported by The Drill Down, “The U.S. government said it is ‘confident’ the company that produced the balloon was directly tied to the People’s Liberation Army, but it did not name the company. Videos on the company’s website show balloons that apparently flew over the U.S. and other nations. More than 40 countries have had the Chinese-made balloons fly over, the State Department said,” according to Just The News.
But, for some inexplicable reason known only to a President whose best days are far behind him, this balloon was allowed to casually collect classified U.S. intelligence.
This makes the second half of this story a real head-scratcher…
According to a report from The Free Beacon, President Biden has finally found a balloon he’s more than happy to ground: a border surveillance balloon that tracks ‘gotaways.’
“Aerostats have been one of the most successful tools deployed on the border. It allows us to see what’s crossing into the US illegally, guide us to the location, and apprehend both people and contraband, including fentanyl,” the Border Patrol union said in a statement. “The loss of these tools will be a blow to border security, making the American people less safe. This move defies logic and is directly contrary to Biden’s comments last night during the State of the Union which proves he does nothing but peddle rhetoric.”
Rodney Scott, who served as Border patrol chief under Trump and Biden, calls the move a “kick in the gut.”
“This administration doesn’t really, truly care about securing the border. They care about optics by dropping these aerostats,” he said. “So they’re going to lose one more visual into what’s really going on. And the money’s there. They just redirected it to soft-sided facilities, processing and humanitarian efforts. When I say humanitarian, I mean carrying and feeding and transporting illegal aliens.”
China gets a pass. Immigrants get a pass. Americans get screwed. What gives, Mr. Biden?
