U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called it a “badge of honor” that the regime in Beijing sanctioned him on April 13 in retaliation for his recent visit to Taiwan and asserted that his efforts send a “seriously wrong signal.”
The Texas Republican lawmaker led a bipartisan delegation to democratically ruled Taiwan last week to discuss strengthening economic and defense ties in the face of growing Chinese aggression in the region. Meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during the trip, McCaul pledged that the United States wouldn’t bow to Chinese threats and that he would help speed up weapon sales and provide training to Taiwan’s military.
