House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to visit Taiwan on Tuesday was controversial and courageous, an important gesture in support of democracy and a rebuke of authoritarian threats from Beijing.
In her stylish pink suit and pearls, the San Francisco Democrat stood with Taiwanese officials leading a democracy that lives under menacing threats from China. The symbolism was powerful.
“America’s solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy,” Pelosi said in a statement from Taipei.
