Nancy Pelosi slams the so-called ‘contact’ with China: ‘We really are led by idiots’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been criticized on social media for comments she made about her “Contact” with China Which I spoke about during a press conference on Thursday.

Pelosi said she has always had a special relationship with China because of her childhood memory.

“When I was a little girl I was told on the beach if I dig a hole deep enough we’d get to China, so we always felt connected there,” Pelosi said.

Pelosi made the comment during a trip to the Indo-Pacific.

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“We are really led by idiots,” said Clay Travis, founder of Outkick.

“lol what?” , said Benny Johnson of Turning Point USA.

One Twitter user said: “Make sure we look stupid to the rest of the world.

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, front, center left, and her congressional delegation pose for a photo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center right, before a breakfast meeting at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo.
(Kyodo News via The Associated Press)

Another Twitter user said: “Are you telling me this person was our best choice to visit Taiwan?”

Pelosi made the trip to the Indo-Pacific last week and stop in taiwan On Tuesday, despite multiple threats from China, which advised her not to visit the island.

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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) shakes hands with Hiroyuki Hosoda, the speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, during a meeting in Tokyo.
(Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/Afp/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Our visit is one of several congressional delegations to Taiwan – and it is in no way inconsistent with longstanding US policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the US-China Joint Statements and the Six Affirmations,” Pelosi said in a statement. The United States continues to oppose unilateral efforts to change the status quo.”

Timothy HJ Nerozzi of Fox News contributed to this report.