Cruz blocks vote on Biden Commerce secretary nominee over Huawei concerns

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday formally placed a hold on the Senate voting on the nomination of Gina Raimondo, President Biden's pick for Commerce secretary, due to concerns Raimondo has not clarified her stance on Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

"I'll lift the hold when the Biden admin commits to keep the massive Chinese Communist Party spy operation Huawei on the Entity List," Cruz tweeted in response to a report from Bloomberg Business that he had blocked a vote on Raimondo.

Cruz's block comes after over a week of criticism from both House and Senate Republicans of Raimondo's comments on Huawei during her confirmation hearing.

The Commerce Department under the Trump administration added Huawei, one of the largest 5G equipment manufacturers in the world, to its "entity list," effectively blacklisting the company over concerns it posed an espionage threat due to ties to the Chinese government.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cruz-blocks-vote-on-biden-commerce-secretary-nominee-over-huawei-concerns/ar-BB1doTLF?li=BBnb7Kz

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No Rafael you just want to be an asshole

[msongs]

1. holds should be outlawed nt

[onetexan]

16. +1 -K&R

[onecaliberal]

2. Fuck him schedule the vote.

[benld74]

3. GOP just slowing down the train. nt

[Thekaspervote]

4. ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[ResistantAmerican17]

5. This sedition idiot gives regular everyday idiots a bad name. What a turd.

Raphael Cruz—-worst person in the world—every day he exists..

[BlueInPhilly]

6. Teddy is right

Huawei is a bad actor and their phones are really compromised. For once, Cruz is correct.

[EndlessWire]

10. Cruz is right

about the phone company. Not sure how it was presented, however, as it seems from what I read that she needed to check everything out. She didn't know. But, maybe she should know.

At any rate, she should get back to Cruz with a hearty, "Yes, I'll keep them on the list."

I think there are two Chinese phone companies that are suspicious for espionage, but I can't remember the other one.

[Rebl2]

13. Yes

She should tell him that and that will take the wind out of his sails. But he no doubt will think up something else to object to.

[Initech]

15. As an IT person, I wouldn't touch Huawei products with a 10 foot pole!

And there's plenty of other shitty, low cost Chinese knock off brands like ZTE that are probably compromised too.

[groundloop]

7. It sounds as though she doesn't yet have enough information to make an informed commitment....

This is from later in the quoted article.

Raimondo made clear that if confirmed, she would "review the policy, consult with you, consult with industry, consult with our allies, and make an assessment as to what's best for American national and economic security," but did not specifically commit to keeping Huawei on the entity list when Cruz questioned her about it during her confirmation hearing.

She later made clear in written responses to questions from members of the Senate Commerce Committee that she had "no reason to believe that entities on those lists should not be there."

And in a Bloomberg article she is quoted as saying she looks forward to being briefed on the situation, as in she doesn't yet have all the information, but Grandpa Munster has the nerve to call her out for not committing to his desired course of action.

[BobTheSubgenius]

8. So, what you're saying, Raphael, is that every Secretarial appointment must pass muster.

"Muster" being the approval of a third-rate hack who is as responsible as anyone for Texas going from deep red to almost purple, right?

Every little facet of the job, or anything that might be encountered while performing the job must have your imprimatur, is that it? Come on, get them all out on the table now. Every issue for every Cabinet position.

Chop chop. No time to waste. The line for grandstanding forms over there.

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Has he graduated from "Green Eggs and Ham" to "The Cat in the Hat" yet?

"Why does Ted block? Because he's a cock?"

"Because his headbone's as thick as a rock?"

"He handstands and grandstands, and sticks out his snoot."

"...and blargles his words like a frimious coot"

"...while spreading bad smells like a beanorous poot"

"...that gigantic dick named Ted Cruz"

[Judi Lynn]

11. Superb! Sublime! Exactly appropriate. ❤️️

Why does Ted Cruz always look as if he's wearing someone's skivs on his face?

[LudwigPastorius]

14. Oh, he's definitely a secret underwear sniffer.

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Cruz's remarks are of the "Have you stopped hitting your wife yet?" school of insults.

There has not been any indication that security policy regarding China would change with the new administration. This so-called doubt was a RW talking point in the election and the threat was raised that if the Democrats won they would unpatriotically throw open the doors to Chinese aggression It is much the same kind of RW racist baiting as was used against "The Cuban Threat" for as long as I've been a voter.

I have no doubts that Huawei and other Chinese firms are used to aggressively infiltrate Western and Asian government and infrastructure. They have a very long history of close affiliation with those goals due to their current ownership deriving from the war lords and generals of previous Chinese governments. Leopards and spots, they do say.