To this day, there are still American politicians dreaming of "America is the first in the world" in the Spring and Autumn Period. Sure enough, it rolled over again...
On January 31, local time, Rep. Ellis Stephanick, Republican of New York, tweeted that "the United States comes first, China last", causing concern.
In the tweet, Stephanienick did not explain the specific direction of this content, which has no beginning and no end, so many people are unclear.
In the comment section of this tweet, Chen Weihua, director of the EUROPEAN Union bureau of China Daily, responded sharply.
"What's first?" How many people will be infected and killed? Number of gun violence cases? The number of prison inmates? The number of homeless people? How many bombs were dropped in a foreign country? 30 trillion in total national debt? How many idiot political guests like you? ”
It is worth noting that Chen Weihua's comments have received far more attention than Stephannick.
As of this writing, stephanienick's original tweet has not exceeded 200 retweets and citations, and the number of likes is only about 100. Chen Weihua's reply was forwarded nearly 3,000, cited nearly 1,500, and liked 18,000.
In fact, Chen Weihua's statements are supported by relevant data.
Regarding the number of new crown infections and deaths, according to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:21 Beijing time on February 3, 2022, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States reached 75569589, and the cumulative number of deaths reached 893496, all of which are the first in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 299934 new confirmed cases and 3,456 new deaths in the United States.
Regarding the number of gun violence cases, the latest data from the "Gun Violence Files" website of the US non-profit organization shows that in 2021, there were 691 vicious gun violence cases in the United States that killed and injured more than 4 people, setting a record for the highest record since the website began tracking gun violence cases in the United States in 2013.
The data also shows that a total of 44,750 people died from gun violence in the United States in 2021, of which 1,533 were teenagers and children aged 17 and under. 40,359 people were injured in gun violence, of whom 4,107 were aged 17 and under.
Regarding the number of prisoners in prisons, on December 15 last year, the Russian Foreign Ministry's website issued a statement saying that the United States was trying to play the role of "global democratic leader", but the number of prisoners in custody in its country (more than 2 million) has been leading the world for many years. The United States needs to first solve its domestic problems and overcome its own social divisions before it has the right to guide other countries to "democracy."
The British magazine The Economist also reported in 2015 that the total population of the United States is less than 5% of the world's population, but it holds more than 2.3 million prisoners, including 1.6 million in state and federal prisons, and more than 700,000 in local prisons and immigration detention centers, accounting for about 25% of the world's total prisoners.
Regarding the number of homeless people, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a non-profit organization in the United States, as of January 2020, there are 580466 homeless people in the United States, of which 30% are families with children.
Regarding the number of bombs dropped in foreign countries, a report released last year by the U.S. anti-war group Code Pink showed that the United States and its allies have continued to bomb other countries over the past 20 years, dropping an average of more than 40 bombs and missiles a day. Since 2001, the United States and its allies have dropped 326,000 bombs and missiles on other countries, concentrated in regions such as the Middle East, with Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen being the hardest hit countries.
The report also notes that the United States has been at war almost every year since independence, with 227 years in its 240-year history.
Rep. Ellis Stephannick, Republican of New York
In addition to Chen Weihua, many overseas netizens are also dissatisfied with Stephanienick's remarks.
"You're talking about the rich first, you seem to have forgotten the middle class 40 years ago."
"Oh my goodness, rich Élise Stephanienick, you're such a 'genius.'"
"Are you (the Twitter operator) a new employee?" Or is Élis the person out of control? ”
"Trump first, America last, that's what you want to say, right?"
Some overseas netizens posted a number of photos of Trump supporters' costumes, which clearly read "Made in China", implying that Stephannick would first explain these phenomena if he wanted to say "China last".
According to public information, Élise Stephanienick was first elected to the New York State House of Representatives in the 2014 midterm elections in the United States, when she became the youngest woman congresswoman in the United States at the age of 30, and later became the president of the Republican Convention of the United States House of Representatives in May 2021.
Stephen Nick was first a moderate Trump supporter and gradually became a Trump "iron fan". In 2019, when Trump was embroiled in a Scandal in Ukraine, Stephanienick dedicated himself to defending Trump.
After Trump lost the 2020 U.S. election, Stephannick briefly supported Texas filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to overturn election results in four swing states.
Hours after the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol, Stephannick was still speaking out against the pennsylvania Electoral College's results.
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