Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised alarm over what he saw as “a pattern of a systemic decision” from the Biden administration to “embrace” communist China. “So far, every action, every nomination that we have seen from the nascent Biden administration, insofar as it concerns China, has lessened the scrutiny, has lessened the sanctions, has lessened the pressure on communist China,” Cruz said in a speech during a Senate meeting on Tuesday. “We are seeing a steady and systematic embrace of communist China, and that is dangerous. That is dangerous for our nation. It is foolhardy.” Cruz opposed the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, who he believed has joined the “rush to embrace the worst elements of the Chinese Communist Party.” Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island, has refused to clarify whether she would uphold the trade restriction on Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which Cruz …
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