[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, January 14, 2023]On January 7, McCarthy won theHouse of RepresentativesspeakerHowever, in the first week of taking office, he won the approval of the public, and his support rate soared, and even attracted the “attention” of the CCP’s official media.
According to the latest Economist/YouGov survey, 36 percent of Americans approve of Kevin McCarthy’s job performance, up from 27 percent before last November’s midterm elections. A majority of Republican voters (59%) approve of McCarthy’s job performance, compared with 21% who disapprove.
In addition, 42% of Republicans believe that McCarthy is servingHouse of RepresentativesspeakerThe first week of work performed well. Forty-four percent of Republicans are “very optimistic about McCarthy’s potential to be a great speaker,” compared with 16 percent who say they are not.
The survey of 1,500 adult U.S. citizens was conducted from Jan. 7 to Jan. 10, with a margin of error of ±3%.
McCarthy has taken a number of strong actions in his first week as House speaker, including a vote by the Republican-led House to defund 87,000 IRS personnel;committeeto address military, economic, and technological challenges posed by the Chinese Communist Party; a panel was formed to investigate the weaponization of the federal government; and the House of Representatives passed a bill prohibiting the U.S. Department of Energy from selling oil from the U.S. Strategic Reserve to companies owned by or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party.
A series of moves by McCarthy and the House of Representatives led by McCarthy greatly annoyed the CCP.Global Times” published two articles attacking McCarthy on the 12th, one of which said that the newly established China issue specialcommitteeWith a strong ideological overtone, “China should be wary of the more aggressive adventurism and destructive behavior of American politicians.”
although”Global Timespainted the committee as a gamble by Republicans exploiting “sinophobia” for partisan gain, but it had to admit that the vote in favor of its creation was overwhelming (365:65), with a majority of Democrats voting in favor. And the committee will include nine Republicans and seven Democrats.
The second article was titled: McCarthy Fires Like McCarthyism Reincarnated. It accused McCarthy of venting his frustrations on the “poor, innocent” CCP after experiencing the “humiliation and setbacks” of the “once in a century” multiple rounds of elections.
The Global Times fears that the new House committee will “magnify small matters and seize every opportunity to make noise in Sino-US relations”.
John Hayward, editor of Breitbart News, pointed out that the Global Times seemed too obsessed with the name McCarthy to pay attention to the actual chairman of the Special Committee on US-China Strategic Competition, Wisconsin State RepresentativeGallagher(Mike Gallagher), referring to him simply as “known for his anti-China stance.”
According to Hayward’s analysis, the CCP will definitely bypassGallagherbecause he is a real threat to the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.
Hayward said the Global Times is likely to focus on McCarthy for now because it wants to signal to House Democrats that they can expect a lot of support from Beijing if Gallagher’s committee is used for partisan politics.
(Comprehensive report by reporter Li Zhaoxi/Editor in charge: Lin Qing)
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