presence. nancy pelosi has been supporting taiwan for decades and it is very important for me as a taiwanese to be here tonight to welcome her. reporter: others accuse her of escalating tensions. translator: right now, pelosi and the united states are treating taiwan as a chess piece. once she land, china will retaliate using their own methods. reporter: china s foreign ministry spokesman called her stop in taiwan, a serious violation of the one china principle that will have a serious impact on the relations, and they said that cyber attacks took some sites off line. and no immediate claim of responsibility. the mainland communist rulers have never controlled the island of almost 24 million people, and they refuse to recognize the democratically elected government, and china says they sent 24 warplanes into the air space tuesday part are calling a bullying, and economic power to isolate the island. in a washington op-ed shortly before her arrival, pelosi writes, that
these foot soldiers in that war, and what you have is the trump-backed 2020 election lie-embracing carrie lake who is running against who former vice president pence is backing karen taylor robson, and there is very little policy sunlight between the two candidates and the big difference is how much they believe in the 2020 election lie. lake has fully endorsed it and made it a part of the centerpiece of her campaign, there are candidates who have been backed by trum up and down this ballot from governor to attorney general to u.s. senate to the secretary of state. that being critical, jake, because the secretary of state will actually administer the elections in this state. in all of those candidates that trump has endorsed, they believe in his lie. jake. all right. thank you. and nick valencia is joining us live in topeka, kansas, where abortion rights are on the
stuff up. and this is kari lake who was a never trumper, and tv journalist, and by all accounts, used to be a rational human being, and last night. if we don t win, she is going home. we already know that. everyone in this race has said they don t want arizona to win or this country to survive and just to bring out the part that she said, we are going to win, and if we don t win, there is some cheating going on. that is what she said. and you had brought up mike pence, the former vice president, and you heard him say recently, that these are the things that you need to move on from these sorts of things and think about the future, and that is what i am hearing from the republicans behind the scenes, jake. they are concerned about some of the republicans who could be the d nominees that either at the
sent 24 warplanes into the air space tuesday part are calling a bullying, and economic power to isolate the island. in a washington op-ed shortly before her arrival, pelosi writes, that in the face of the chinese acceleration of our delegation s visit, it should be seen as unequivocal statement that we stand with taiwan, our democratic partner that we stand with their freedom. and that was echoed by other officials. for china to try to turn the historical norm into a crisis or try to use it as pretext of aggression around taiwan is on them, and they would be the ones who are escalatescalating. reporter: so why is china escalating? well, it is happening at a sense