Fox News' Rachel Campos-Duffy spins conspiracy about Biden needing permission from China before striking down spy balloon

"Fox & Friends" host Rachel Campos-Duffy is adamantly insisting the U.S. Military did not take swift action to strike down the Chinese spy balloon because President Joe Biden "sought 'permission' from China" before doing so, according to Mediaite.

The remarks were made during a recent segment of "Fox & Friends." The panel of right-wing hosts did not mince words expressing their concern and disapproval of the Biden administration's delayed actions regarding the spy balloon.

Per the news outlet, Campos-Duffy "theorized that Biden wasn’t ordering the balloon to be shot down because China supposedly has leverage over the president concerning Hunter Biden."

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“There’s a lot in that laptop that might have something to do with this response,” she said Saturday.

Hours after the Fox News segment aired, the balloon was struck down and Biden spoke with reporters about the incident as he insisted that he wanted it shot down on Wednesday of this week but refrained from doing so under the advice of national security.

However, Campos-Duffy argues otherwise. According to the Fox News host, Biden could be "'potentially compromised' over his son’s business dealings with the Chinese."

"This took so long as you said. There is no explanation unless there is some intelligence gathering on our part we needed with this balloon," Campos-Duffy said. "Again, back to the question that Pete asked, why would we take that long? Is it possible that our president was getting permission from the Chinese to take it down? I mean, let’s just all be honest. He is potentially compromised by many of the business deals his family made with the Chinese Communist government?"

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Kirk Lippold, a former U.S. Navy commander, also weighed in in agreement with Campos-Duffy.

"Thats a great point, Rachel. When I look at it, we should not have hesitated, when you look at it. This reminds me of kind of that mindset that our country had pre-9/11," Lippold said. "We were not apprecting the threat that al Qaeda represented to our nation, and I think today, we do not appreciate the threat that China represents to our national security. They are not a competitor. By their actions they are in fact taking decisive measures making them more of an enemy of the United States than an actual competitor, and certainly not someone we can cooperate and work with."

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