retaliation. senator tom cotton calling on the white house to take a stronger stand against china in support of taiwan. president biden and the white house is going out of their way to minimize this visit, to say it s merely a private visit, not to defend the rights of senators and congressmen. not only are we going to continue this practice, but we ll stand up to any provocation that china undertakes in the western pacific because of these meetings. senior national correspondent william la jeunesse l live in si valley. with many western countries angry for china right now for a variety of reasons, this is an opportunity and pivotal moment for taiwan, which is about the size of maryland with a population of florida. taiwan is david. china is goliath. that s one reason president tsai needs support not just from the white house, but members of congress, including speaker pelosi, formerly, of course, and speaker mccarthy to counter that threat. china claims the island as i
say? it is an ongoing case. i ve been clear about that, prudent about that, not commenting on ongoing cases. we re going to stick to that. reporters still tried to get the president to weigh in during an event on tuesday, but the president chose not to take questions. he also told reporters last week on the south lawn he wasn t going to talk about it. what we don t know, what kind of impact this will have on next year s presidential race. a quinnipiac poll shows president biden leading over trump, but by a small margin i know, quote, despite overjoyed reactions, many democrats don t want to further emboldening trump or his allies by adding oxygen to an already explosive case. i fear he ll benefit in the same way in 2016.