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| 2023-10-29 |
| [Hot Air] The two leaders reportedly swapped nostalgic stories about the Golden State among their discussions of climate change, trade, and communist camaraderie. (That last point is an inference of the author.) According to the official summary of their meeting, Xi "happily recalled his visit to California," possibly referring to a summit with President Barack Obama at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage in 2013. In a statement after the meeting, Newsom said that he had "made it clear to Chinese leaders that California will remain a stable, strong and reliable partner, particularly on low-carbon green growth." "Divorce is not an option," the governor said. "The only way we can solve our climate crisis is to continue our long-standing cooperation with China. As two of the world’s largest economies, the work we do together is felt in countless communities on both sides of the Pacific." Never mind that communist China is the world's leading producer of greenhouse gases, most of it coming from over a thousand very dirty coal burning power plants. Never mind that all that coal is burned to power factories that produce goods that Americans, including Californians, used to produce. Never mind that the diesel powered freighter ships that unload that cargo at San Pedro are the leading cause of smog in the Los Angeles basin. You could say that China's growth at the expense of American jobs has been with high-carbon brown energy and they have no plans to change. Democrats are very, very good at overlooking pertinent little details like that. Gotta wonder what Newsom gets out of this little meeting with Xi. Must be good. James Gallagher, the leader of the Republican caucus in the California state assembly, described Newsom’s visit as "the make-believe president tour." Newsom’s visit does smell like the parade of a national dignitary rather than that of a governor of a U.S. state. |
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| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-29 06:32 |
| #1 Gotta wonder what Newsom gets out of this little meeting with Xi. Must be good. He's getting advice on how to rule over California. |
| Posted by: Captain Splat8849 2023-10-29 00:12 |