Kirby: Criticism Of Sending Officials To China On Tiananmen Square Anniversary Is A Lot Of “Nothing”

#shorts On 6/5/2023, Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked NSA Spokesman John Kirby, “John, you just said that this was a — these two incidents are part of a pattern of increasing level —

Kirby: That’s right.

Heinrich: — of aggressiveness. So why was it appropriate to send two senior officials to visit China on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre?

Kirby: A couple of things. First of all, it wasn’t timed to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square. Number two, it wasn’t timed specifically to deal with these intercepts …

Heinrich: There’s been some criticism, though, of the administration for sending officials on that anniversary. Was that decision a messaging misstep?

Kirby: We would not call it a misstep. I mean, this was a — a long-planned trip. And this is the way the schedules worked out. But the — I think, honestly, people will be — criticizing the timing of Tiananmen Square are just making a whole heck of a lot out of nothing. It wasn’t timed to do — to do anything with — with the anniversary.

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Kirby: Criticism Of Sending Officials To China On Tiananmen Square Anniversary Is A Lot Of “Nothing”

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#shorts On 6/5/2023, Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked NSA Spokesman John Kirby, “John, you just said that this was a — these two incidents are part of a pattern of increasing level —

Kirby: That’s right

• So why was it appropriate to send two senior officials to visit China on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre
• First of all, it wasn’t timed to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square
• Number two, it wasn’t timed specifically to deal with these intercepts