Yahoo Autos Rep. Ted Lieu Bursts Newt Gingrich's Balloon In High-Flying Fact-Check
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) complained that the U.S. military didn’t do enough to snatch the suspected Chinese spy balloon from the sky instead of shooting it down.
“We had plenty of capacity to scoop that balloon out of the air,” Gingrich said Monday on Fox News. “We used to do it all the time.”
But Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) ― who served in the Air Force ― was standing by with a fact-check, writing on Twitter:
Having served on active duty, I know for a fact the US does not have a balloon scooper aircraft. Newt Gingrich, who never served in the military, has no idea what he is talking about.
Also, unlike the Trump Administration, the Biden Administration shot down the CCP balloon. https://t.co/domZOAxnsp— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 7, 2023
