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Daily Wire: Ben Shapiro To Deliver Keynote Address At Inaugural CPAC Israel Event Daily Wire: Ben Shapiro To Deliver Keynote Address At Inaugural CPAC Israel Event In case you missed it, today the Daily Wire is reporting that conservative commentator Ben Shapiro will keynote the inaugural CPAC Israel in Tel Aviv on July 20. On Friday, the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) announced that The Daily Wire’s editor emeritus Ben Shapiro will deliver the keynote address at the first-ever CPAC Israel. The inaugural event will be held on July 20 and will also feature speakers such as former U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker, former Ambassador Richard Grenell, CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp, and CPAC Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp. Registration and details for CPAC Israel can be found at www.cpacisrael.org . Read the full article on the Daily Wire here . (Ben Shapiro photo by Gage Skidmore ) NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Releases Oklahoma Legislative Scorecard, Revealing a Conservatize Statehouse in the Sooner State CPAC Releases Oklahoma Legislative Scorecard, Revealing a Conservatize Statehouse in the Sooner State ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 7, 2023) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals that Oklahoma lawmakers increased the state’s overall conservative rating over the previous year. While both chambers took a conservative approach to legislating, Republicans in the House raised the average percentage of times each member voted conservatively by four points. SEE THE SCORECARD HERE “Under the leadership of Speaker Charles McCall, Oklahoma introduced and passed critical legislation protecting life, elections and girls sports,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “The combination of the strong leadership in both the House and Senate, and the wise decisions of Governor Stitt helped Oklahoma move up in CPAC’s ratings of conservative states.” Several Oklahoma state legislators are recognized by CPAC for their conservative voting records based on a just-released analysis from CPAC Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability. The following members of the Oklahoma State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2022 session: Senate: Nathan Dahm (100%) Shane Jett (100%) Joe Newhouse (95%) Micheal Bergstrom (94%) Adam Pugh (90%) House: Tom Gann (96%) David Hardin (96%) Jim Olsen (96%) Wendi Stearman (96%) Rick West (96%) Max Wolfley (96%) Jay Steagall (95%) Danny Sterling (95%) Denise Crosswhite Hader (91%) Gerrid Kendrix (91%) David Smith (91%) Marilyn Stark (91%) Kevin West (91%) Chad Caldwell (90%) The following members of the Oklahoma State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2022 session: Senate: Rob Standridge (89%) Mark Allen (88%) David Bullard (85%) Chris Kidd (83%) Paul Rosino (83%) Jake Merrick (82%) Chuck Hall (81%) Julie Daniels (80%) John Haste (80%) John Michael Montgomery (80%) Lonnie Paxton (80%) Dave Rader (80%) House: Brad Boles (89%) Avery Frix (88%) Robert Manger (87%) Mark Vancuren (87%) Sheila Dills (87%) Mike Dobrinski (86%) Chris Sneed (86%) Jim Grego (86%) Tommy Hardin (86%) Ryan Martinez (86%) Nicole Miller (86%) Kenton Patzkowsky (85%) Terry O’Donnell (84%) Dustin Roberts (84%) Cynthia Roe (84%) Lonnie Sims (84%) Tammy Townley (84%) Ross Ford (83%) Kevin McDugle (83%) Rhonda Baker (83%) Bob Culver (83%) Jon Echols (83%) Dell Kerbs (83%) Randy Randleman (83%) Eric Roberts (83%) John Talley (83%) Tammy West (83%) Danny Williams (83%) Dean Davis (82%) Ty Burns (82%) Rusty Cornwell (82%) Toni Hasenbeck (82%) Ken Luttrell (82%) Charles McCall (82%) Sean Roberts (82%) Rande Worthen (82%) Trey Caldwell (81%) Eddy Dempsey (81%) Justin Humphrey (81%) Ronny Johns (81%) Stan May (81%) Jadine Nollan (81%) Scott Fetgatter (80%) Mike Osburn (80%) The bills featured in CPAC’s 2022 Ratings of Oklahoma address Second Amendment rights, protecting the unborn, safety in women’s sports, and school choice. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and uphold the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Oklahoma legislature. The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA) , an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area. # # # Contact: comms@conservative.org (202)-347-9388 NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

Michigan Plunges in National Conservative Rankings Michigan Plunges in National Conservative Rankings The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation, conducts an annual, in-depth analysis to rate all 8,000 lawmakers in America, revealing their positions on a wide variety of issues directly affecting our communities and families. Check out the press release below with more details and please take action ! It only takes three minutes to let your legislators know that their score from the CPAC Foundation is important to you, and you expect them to support more conservative policies. Michigan Plunges in National Conservative Rankings State Scorecard Released – Lawmaker Voting Trending More Liberal ALEXANDRIA, VA (August 1, 2022) — Michigan’s state legislature has dropped in the ranks from the 13th most conservative in the nation to the 25th spot according to a new analysis conducted by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation. In CPAC’s analysis of all 7,400 state lawmakers in America, the Michigan legislature’s conservative rating fell to 58%, placing last amongst neighboring states Indiana (73%), Ohio (68%), and Wisconsin (59%). The conservative rating is calculated through CPAC’s scorecards and is based on lawmaker voting across 186 policy area ranging from cultural and life issues to tax, fiscal, and regulatory policies. Michigan’s drop in the ranking is largely a result of much more liberal voting by Democratic lawmakers. As the scorecard reveals, a large majority of Democrat lawmakers have fully embraced the radical legislative agenda of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, with the House Democratic average plunging from 35% to 27% and the Senate Democratic average falling from 31% to 27%. The Republican scores were slightly higher in the Senate and remained nearly the same as the previous year in the House. This year 31 Representatives and 19 Senators received awards from CPAC for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time. MICHIGAN SCORECARD (Web Version) The ratings have also been incorporated into CPAC’s new Lawmaker Comparison Tool which runs head-to-head comparisons on lawmaker’s strongest and weakest policy areas. The CLA is the first and only organization to annually publish individual ratings for all 8,000 federal and state lawmakers in America. The CLA is also home to the nation’s most comprehensive conservative policy database containing over 17,500 detailed bill analyses which span 50 years of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. For media inquiries, contact the CPAC Communications Team at comms@conservative.org or 202-347-9388. xxx Chip in to support CLA’s Ratings Our staff spends thousands of hours analyzing more than 105,000 pieces of legislation voted on by Congress and every state legislature in the country. Your support is critical to be able to provide this level of insight and transparency. Will you please make a tax-deductible donation today to support transparency and ratings of Michigan legislators? NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Releases Alabama Legislative Scorecard, Revealing a Mixed Combination of Wins and Losses for Conservatives from the Legislature. CPAC Releases Alabama Legislative Scorecard, Revealing a Mixed Combination of Wins and Losses for Conservatives from the Legislature. ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 8, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s latest analysis shows that the scores of Alabaman Republicans voted in a manner consistent with their performance in previous sessions, resulting in another somewhat lackluster year for conservatism in Alabama. Overall, Republican legislators received an average score of 76%, trailing behind other Republican-led legislatures in the region. SEE SCORECARD HERE “Alabama’s promotion of school choice and protection of women’s sports this past session should be celebrated,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “However, the legislature’s relatively limited success in other areas suggests that Republican legislators and Governor Kay Ivey should do more to live up to their potential.” CPAC recognizes several lawmakers in the Alabama State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2023 session. Senate: Sam Givhan (89%) Tim Melson (89%) Arthur Orr (88%) Dan Roberts (88%) Shay Shelnutt (88%) House: Ben Harrison (82%) Jim Hall (80%) The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of Alabama increased election security, strengthened national security, supported parental rights in education, and promoted women’s sports. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and uphold the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Alabama legislature. The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Releases Alaska Legislative Scorecard, Revealing an Ineffective Legislature. CPAC Releases Alaska Legislative Scorecard, Revealing an Ineffective Legislature. ALEXANDRIA, VA (February 7, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals Republican legislators tended to garner low scores in both the House and the Senate, averaging about 58% across both chambers. These low ratings are underscored by the lack of conservative policy items passed by the legislature. Almost all of the conservative amendments and bills scored by CPAC failed to make any meaningful progress in the 2023 session. SEE SCORECARD HERE “The divisions within Alaska’s legislature are a major obstacle to conservative policy,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “At their best, legislators shoved through weak pro-Second Amendment legislation. At their worst, they directly contravened the interests of taxpayers.” CPAC recognizes the following members of the Alaska State Legislature for earning CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session. House: Ben Carpenter (100%) David Eastman (90%) Frank Tomaszewski (90%) Sarah Vance (90%) Senate: Shelley Hughes (90%) Robert Myers Jr. (90%) Additionally, a few lawmakers in the Alaska State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2023 session. Their names are highlighted in gray in the scorecard. The bills and amendments featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of Alaska address Second Amendment Freedoms, healthcare, and the budget. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and upholding the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Alaska legislature. The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Endorses Max Miller CPAC Endorses Max Miller The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) announced its endorsement of Max Miller for Congress (OH-7). NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Giving M E N U Home Giving

CPAC Releases Scorecard of Maine Lawmakers CPAC Releases Scorecard of Maine Lawmakers The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation, conducts an annual, in-depth analysis to rate all 8,000 lawmakers in America, revealing their positions on a wide variety of issues directly affecting our communities and families. Check out the press release below with more details and please take action ! It only takes three minutes to let your legislators know that their score from the CPAC Foundation is important to you, and you expect them to support more conservative policies. CPAC Releases Maine Lawmaker Scorecard Record Number of Lawmakers Receive CPAC Awards for Fighting Left’s Radical Agenda ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 13, 2022) — CPAC has awarded a record 69 Maine state lawmakers for upholding conservative principles in their voting, determined through a new analysis conducted by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation. The analysis covered votes cast in 2021, and the spike in awardees is largely a result of strong opposition by lawmakers to the radical agenda advanced by Democratic leadership and Governor Janet Mills. The strong opposition also helped raise Maine’s conservative rating to 41% (from 38% in 2019), but the state still significantly trails the national average of 49%. The 69 lawmakers who earned awards voted in line with the conservative position on at least 80% of the bills evaluated by the CLA. The conservative rating is calculated through CPAC’s scorecards and is based on lawmaker voting across 186 policy areas ranging from cultural and life issues to tax, fiscal and regulatorypolicies. MAINE SCORECARD (Web Version) MAINE SCORECARD (PDF Version) The ratings have also been incorporated into CPAC’s new Lawmaker Comparison Tool which runs head-to-head comparisons on lawmaker’s strongest and weakest policy areas. The CLA is the first and only organization to annually publish individual ratings for all 8,000 federal and state lawmakers in America. The CLA is also home to the nation’s most comprehensive conservative policy database containing over 17,500 detailed bill analyses which span 50 years of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. For media inquiries, contact the CPAC Communications Team at comms@conservative.org or 202-347-9388. xxx Chip in to support CLA’s Ratings Our staff spends thousands of hours analyzing more than 105,000 pieces of legislation voted on by Congress and every state legislature in the country. Your support is critical to be able to provide this level of insight and transparency. Will you please make a tax-deductible donation today to support transparency and ratings of Maine legislators? NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Giving M E N U Home Giving

CPAC Releases Ohio Legislative Scorecard, Revealing Democrats falling further left. CPAC Releases Ohio Legislative Scorecard, Revealing Democrats falling further left. ALEXANDRIA, VA (July___, 2023) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals that Republican lawmakers in Ohio voted conservatively at rates that were consistent with previous sessions. Meanwhile Democrats earned some of their lowest scores in years. SEE THE SCORECARD HERE Several Ohio state legislators are recognized by CPAC for their conservative voting records based on a just-released analysis from CPAC Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability. The following members of the Ohio State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2022 session: Senate: George F. Lang (94%) Kirk Schuring (92%) House: Scott Wiggam (100%) Jamie Callender (94%) J. Kyle Koehler (94%) Jean Schmidt (94%) Additionally, a large number of lawmakers in the Ohio State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2022 session. The bills featured in CPAC’s 2022 Ratings of Ohio address election integrity, Second Amendment rights, school choice, and small business de-regulation. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and uphold the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Ohio legislature. The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA) , an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area. # # # Contact: comms@conservative.org (202)-347-9388 NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

Michigan – Take Action to Secure Your Elections Michigan – Take Action to Secure Your Elections Governor Gretchen Whitmer is preventing Michigan from securing its elections by vetoing the Michigan legislature’s much-needed election integrity reform bills. Thankfully, we can fight back through the ballot initiative process and pass strong Voter ID protections. We urge you to join the fight and take action to secure Michigan’s elections by adding your signature to the petition – Visit Secure MI Vote’s website for a list of locations throughout the state where you can sign, pick up, or drop off a petition, as well as this page where you can request petitions to be mailed to you. Once enough signatures are gathered, the legislature can pass the strong election integrity policy into law over the objection of Gov. Whitmer. The people of Michigan deserve to have their elections administered freely and securely, and to be confident that every vote is cast and counted legally. Strong Voter ID protections are critically important to stop voter fraud, secure Michigan’s elections, and defend the rights of every Michigan citizen. Join the effort to make sure that Gov. Whitmer does not succeed in denying Michiganders their right to free and fair elections! NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Calls for Resignations from Secretary Mayorkas, AG Garland, WH Counsel Ed Siskel, and Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle CPAC Calls for Resignations from Secretary Mayorkas, AG Garland, WH Counsel Ed Siskel, and Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle CPAC calls for immediate transparency on every security decision made for all the presidential campaigns, especially President Donald J. Trump’s. It is clear there was a wholly preventable catastrophic security failure on behalf of the Biden Administration when it came to the life of the candidate who is likely to beat President Biden in November. This is compounded by the casual disregard to the life of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. President Trump has faced a coordinated attempt to deprive him of his civil rights through lawfare at the state and national level quarterbacked by Attorney General Merrick Garland and White House Counsel Ed Siskel. If President Biden and his administration want to restore any credibility after all this treachery, he should immediately fire Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland, White House Counsel Ed Siskel, and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle. Furthermore, if the individuals listed have any sense of duty and honor, they should immediately apologize to President Trump and the American people and resign from their posts. If they do not, they will be responsible for a further fraying of our republic, of which they have mouthed feigned support. Matt Schlapp, Chairman Bill Walton, First Vice Chairman Kimberly Bellissimo, Vice Chairwoman Matt Smith, Vice Chairman KT McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Giving M E N U Home Giving

Matt Schlapp in the Federalist: “The Horrific Afghanistan Withdrawal Re-Opened Our Nation’s 9/11 Wounds” Matt Schlapp in the Federalist: “The Horrific Afghanistan Withdrawal Re-Opened Our Nation’s 9/11 Wounds” On the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp reflects on his experience that day, and shares the anger most Americans feel this year following the Biden administration’s chaotic, deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan. The 9/11 tragedy and two decades of responses to it will never rest easy in the minds of those who lost loved ones, or still suffer scars from the trauma of the deadliest attack on our own soil. This year’s anniversary has most outraged about the reemergence of the Taliban, the irresponsible way this administration exited Afghanistan, but mostly the idea that some Americans and allies are expendable.We broke our promise, we violated our honor, and we have invited harsher terrorist attacks in the future, with our own hardware. President Biden’s foolish decisions dishonor the memory and heroism of the thousands of people who died in the towers, in the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, and the many more brave Americans in the military who died in the 20-year War on Terror. To be fair, the Bush administration also made hasty mistakes amid a desire to spike the ball and declare “Mission Accomplished.” But lessons are supposed to be learned so mistakes are not repeated. For Team Biden, it should never have been about when we would leave Afghanistan, but how. Unfortunately, Biden has allowed his administration to be overrun with overconfident, ideological warriors, who may read intelligence reports but do not believe or learn from them. Replete with the best degrees, and long pedigrees earned by slavish commitment to all the politically correct causes, there is a ruling class in this administration that always knows best, blames America, and cynically relies on national media to cover up for all the errors and omissions of socialism, globalism, and elitism. It is all so depressing and alarming and predictable. Our president is barely able to read cue cards, and the vice president has no-clue cards.This national shame and confusion run contrary to the way Americans responded to 9/11. We came together with a near-universal belief that those who attacked America needed to be brought to justice. We took pride in our country and honored those who protected us from terrorism.The War on Terror would take many forms, but in the end, it re-polarized the country as a well-funded and fired-up American left attacked President Bush at each and every point. It was brutal. The only way I can deal with the disgrace of the present is to reassemble the past. As a 30-something White House staffer I remember the day vividly. I remember going to work early like usual. I remember grabbing coffee and seeing the first tower hit on the way down, thinking it was probably pilot error, and then the second tower hit on the way back to my office in Political Affairs. Turning on my boxy TV showed the Pentagon had also been hit. I was talking to a colleague on the phone about a mundane matter thinking, “I need to run. Now.” After my boss Ken Mehlman and I evacuated the staff, I stood on 17th Street and saw the director of the White House complex, hands shaking, pointing to the sky, and telling us to run. We found safety at a secret alternative White House location and spent the day trying to make sense of it all. As I waited for the payphone to call my mom, I consoled a man who said his brother was in one of the towers. As I comforted him that his brother may be in the tower that still stood, it also started to crumble. My mind raced and I prayed my family in the city was okay. When my turn at the payphone came, I tried my mom but could only get ahold of my young sister. We cried. She was worried about me. But she also knew I had started dating a special young woman who was a colleague of mine in the White House. It takes a sister to say clearly: “You need to find Mercy, and you need to tell her you love her, and you need to marry her.” I spent hours looking for Mercy, eventually finding her safe with two of our colleagues. It was a tragic day for millions, but it had a happy ending for Mercy and me and now our five children. It is trite but true that tragedy can force survivors to change course and rededicate their lives. Americans found a way to come together after 9/11 in a way that has escaped us ever since. So, after 20 years, I plan to rededicate myself to reminding others that, with all the problems in the world, America and her founding is not one of them. I will remind those coming up that there was a time not too long ago when Americans came together. If America is to survive, that must happen once again very soon. Read the original at The Federalist . About the Author Matt Schlapp is the chairman of the American Conservative Union, the nation’s original grassroots conservative organization. Learn more NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

Dangerous naiveté meets pathetic pandering Dangerous naiveté meets pathetic pandering Thirty-one years after that fateful day in Tiananmen Square, Joe Biden called for honoring the scores of students whose lives were taken by China’s People’s Liberation Army in a horrific massacre. On June 5, 1989 “Tank Man” stood in the middle Chang’an Avenue using only his body to obstruct the advance of a column of tanks. The powerful, now-iconic image is seared into Americans’ collective memory. Biden’s recent commemorative statement on the Tiananmen Square Massacre calls for honoring the dead students by “recommitting to the universal struggle for human dignity.” That’s quite an about face. Let’s rewind the tape. On November 1, 1989, Biden voted against strong sanctions on Communist China as a response to that massacre. As a result, the U.S. response at the time was relegated to some meaningless slaps on the wrist. Worse, Biden’s abysmal record on China doesn’t stop there. In 1998, he voted against seizing the assets of commercial fronts that operate on behalf of the Chinese Army. In 2001, he supported China’s admission to the World Trade Organization. Now fast forward to 2020. For anyone who has been paying attention, Biden’s outrageous comments on the campaign trail in May will come as no surprise. His characterization of Chinese communists as “ not bad folks ” who are “not competition for us” tells you everything you need to know. Joe Biden’s longstanding failure to recognize China as a serious threat has led to their taking advantage of economic and military vulnerabilities that Biden’s wrong-headed approach helped create. The CCP desires to turn China into the world’s lone superpower, and will take down the rest of the world to achieve that goal. Is Biden’s America strong enough to stand up to their spying, theft, and outright lies? An examination of his record points to no. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Giving M E N U Home Giving