has become the most senior elected official to meet a taiwanese president on us soil in decades. here s taiwanese persident tsai ing wen meeting mccarthy and a group of bipartisan lawmakers near los angeles earlier today, despite objections from china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china which has long considered taiwan as part of its country denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year. speaking after the meeting, mccarthy responded to warnings from china of escalating tensions. my my first message to china, there is no need for retaliation but the one thing they would say to china too, i am the speaker of the house. there is no place that china is going to tell me where ray can going to tell me where ray can go or who are can speak to whether you be faux or whether you be friend. the calif