Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says China’s latest threat to restrict life-saving drug exports to the U.S. “reveals their true nature and the malicious intent they have to kill Americans.”
“That’s what it is. Withholding vital medications, even basic medications like ibuprofen or penicillin or other antibiotics, if your child is sick and has a high fever of 104 or 105 and you can’t get access to those your child can die and that’s what they are proposing to do,” Cotton told Fox News host Martha MacCallum on “The Story.”
“They’re doing so because we have begun to restrict the export of high technology, like semiconductor software and other semiconductor-related technology. Here’s the difference: we can make ibuprofen and penicillin and antibiotics in this country should we choose to, and we should. China cannot make in its country what we make here. They ought to take that into account before they start making idle threats.”
Cotton also slammed Sen. Kamala Harris’ comments suggesting President Donald Trump was not clear-eyed initially when it came to the coronavirus.
“That’s rich from a woman whose running mate has been celebrating the rise of China for 47 years,” he said.
“During the middle of this campaign, he’s said China’s not our competitor or aren’t even bad folks. … He’s supported terrible trade deals, sent so much of our manufacturing to China, so many jobs overseas to China.”
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