Kamala Harris said in an interview with Politico published Wednesday morning that the recent flyover of the U.S. from Alaska to South Carolina of a China spy balloon that was subsequently shot down by the U.S. off the the South Carolina coast would have no impact on U.S. China relations. Harris also cited her meeting with China President Xi Jinping last fall as part of consistent messaging from the Biden administration.
Kamala Harris met with Xi Jinping in Bangkok, November 19, 2022, official photo.
The Washington Post first reported on Tuesday, followed by CBS News, that the U.S. had tracked the spy balloon from it’s launch on Hainan Island sometime in January, something the Biden administration did not disclose in statements about the balloon being sighted over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on January 28.
