G.O.P. Candidates Take Aim at China as U.S. Markets Tumble

[LiberalElite]

Source: NY Times

Republican presidential candidates began shifting their focus on Monday from the dangers posed by illegal immigrants to a new target: China, whose currency devaluations and stock market plunges are starting to hurt the savings of American investors.

One Republican candidate, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, called on President Obama on Monday to cancel his plans to meet in Washington next month with President Xi Jinping of China on what will be his first state visit to the United States. Mr. Walker accused Beijing of a range of offenses that have harmed American interests, including manipulating its economy and currency, carrying out cyberattacks and persecuting Christians.

His remarks came after another Republican candidate, Donald J. Trump, seized on the 1,000-point decline early Monday of the Dow Jones industrial average and took to Twitter and Instagram to warn that China will “bring us down” and that “this could get very messy.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/us/politics/gop-candidates-take-aim-at-china-as-us-markets-tumble.html

[Andy823]

1. So democrats need to

Come out and lay the blame on the GOP for their lack of passing bills that would actually help the country move forward, like infrastructure repairs, pushing renewable energy projects which will create more jobs, passing laws to regulate Wall Street and the big banks, etc. Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, and I am sure that if democrats were in charge of both branches, republicans would be pointing the finger at them right now!

[thebighobgoblin]

2. Has the GOP figured out that angry, constipated white moon shiners...

...only make up a fraction of this country's population? They try to disenfranchise African Americans, try to scapegoat Latinos, and now try to demonize Asians. Republitards never cease to amaze me.

[Roland99]

3. Jesus H. Fucking Christ. These fucking clowns are really fucking clueless, aren't they?!

makes my blood boil how deceitful they are and that nearly half of America falls for their shit every single fucking day!

Canceling the meeting? Do they WANT a currency war??


Wait....don't answer that....

[murielm99]

4. They would probably welcome a currency war.

It would make Democrats look bad.

[SoapBox]

5. Typical...

These freaks swing wildly at anything.

They will screech until they find a new something to swing at.

[Dawson Leery]

6. Burn the bridge with the largest nation in the world and one of the largest developing economies

that trades trillions of dollars worth of goods?

Really? The Rethugs want to go there???

None of the Rethugs running are qualified to be POTUS or in public office.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Let's face it, the communists are better at capitalism than the capitalists. Playing victim is about

the only thing the cons know to respond to complex issues.

Those darn Chinese forced Americans to purchase their stocks and goods and send them all those bonds to hold??

The problem is not China, it is capitalism.