GOP lawmakers praise Trump for Taiwan call

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(Scott Wong & Paulina Firozi) – Republican lawmakers have praised president-elect Donald Trump following the news that he spoke on the phone with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) applauded Trump for “making a strong statement” with the historic conversation.

“I commend [President-elect] Trump for reaching out to the democratically-elected President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen,” Salmon said in a statement to The Hill.

Salmon chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. He is a former missionary in Taiwan, and attended the recent inauguration of the new Taiwanese president.

“America has always been a champion of democratic values and individual freedoms, and I applaud the President-elect for making a strong statement in support of those values around the world,” he added.

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