Should Speaker Pelosi go to Taiwan?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes
	17 (47%)
	No
	19 (53%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Tetrachloride]

1. Yes. I went. china will fuck off

[TheProle]

6. I am assuming not in an official capacity

for the US government, yes?

[Tetrachloride]

14. Let's say I was influential by accident.

if nobody goes, what are we good for

hence, i went.

[Tetrachloride]

2. I am about 170 meters from a notorious organization

The US Navy comes within 100 of miles from me.

Speaker Pelosi has duties and vision beyond most of us.

Somethings can’t be spoken. But I predict she goes sooner than later

[roamer65]

3. Fuck China.

[snowybirdie]

4. She shouldn't

Act against the President's wishes. He should be handling foreign policy. Nancy should save her energies for domestic policy. There's so much to do. These aren't normal times.

[Justice]

7. Agreed

[patricia92243]

5. The President says no. I go along with him.

[BlackSkimmer]

8. Why is she going?

Can someone explain it simply for a person not immersed in news?

But my answer is no...basing that on President Biden's opinion.

[rollin74]

9. Yes. China doesn't get to dictate her travel plans

[BlackSkimmer]

10. Perhaps not. But there are wise decisions and those not so wise.

Brittney Griner ignored a travel advisory to go to Russia.

I bet she regrets that.

[Calculating]

11. Yes

Gotta stand up to bullies. Being timid encourages them

[W_HAMILTON]

12. This is a tough one for me.

I understand that there are diplomatic reasons why you do and do not do certain things, but at the same time, fuck China for thinking it can dictate what our sovereign leaders do.

I didn't vote one particular way, but I would lean towards "yes." Or, perhaps some negotiations can be done where China makes certain assertions on the global stage -- e.g., it will not interfere in the current state of Taiwan -- in exchange for Pelosi not visiting. I would be in favor of that. But China simply dictating what OUR leaders can and cannot do? Fuck that.

[MichMan]

13. She probably shouldn't have announced she was going. Now she almost has to go.

[BlackSkimmer]

15. No, she doesn't.

That's a stupid way to think. (not meaning you necessarily, just that way of thinking) I know what you mean, but it's like a 12 year old. She doesn't HAVE to do anything.

Fuck that. Situations change, issues are always in flux.

She's a powerful woman who can do what she wants. I think she's making a mistake if she goes ahead with this. I still don't get why she's doing it.

[867-5309.]

16. Can we have a 'hell no' option? n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. It looks like she's going.