President Joe Biden is facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s handling of reported drone sightings in the Northeast, with Republicans drawing comparisons to the alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last year.
“We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat or have a foreign Nexus,” Biden’s National Security Council spokesman, John Kirby, told reporters Thursday. “Upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully.”
But that explanation isn’t sitting well with a growing chorus of politicians from both political parties who say the Biden administration needs to be more involved and more forthcoming about the incidents.
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