Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., discusses how U.S.-China relations could change under the Biden administration and new Congress.
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Why is it that you waited
until after the primary to
reveal that your business did
business with a company in
hopping Congress that was linked
to the chinese government?
Oh, this is utter nonsense.
Are you concerned that,
through a payment to a
well known young Democrat,
somebody linked to China or the
Chinese through, another company
could be trying to influence
you
come on man? You are a
serious reporter.
Do you really believe that a tv
channel in Hong Kong airing an
investigation that my company
produced of ISIS war crimes in
Iraq is what youre implying it
is or David Perdue is implying
that it is
Jason with just four days until
the crucial runoff democratic
hopeful, Jon Ossoff is on the
defense over allegations that he
hid business dealings with a
company tied to China,
Florida G, DOT, OP congressman,
sits on the China task force.
He joins us now to react.
Congressman happy new year,
hey happy New year,
everybody
I have got to tell you. I stayed
up until 12401 to make sure
two thousand and twenty was gone.
Goodbye,
Griff good for you.
I must confess I couldnt quite
make it,
but I did see that clip we saw
yesterday, Jon Ossoff, taking a
page from the playbook of Joe
Biden,
come on man
very defensive about his media.
Companys ties to a chinese
company whats your reaction.
This is a problem across the
board.
I think whether its ossoff
Swalwell, others that are being
exposed guys. This is the tip
of the iceberg of chinese
influence in our politics.
You are you discussed earlier
in media movie companies, Wall
Street Manufacturing,
certainly our universities.
This is a coordinated,
sophisticated and often very
subtle, influence campaign across
the United States, and we are
awash with chinese money
and the problem with the
Democrat is they are not
recognizing it for what it is.
They are dismissing it.
They are fleeing out terms,
it was xenophobia, racism. What
have you
and the chinese propaganda
machine builds that into their
thinking that those terms will
be throne out in thrown out to b
im glad he is being called out
for it.
They are not just influencing
members on the welcoming
committee or the Shoe Shine
Committee,
its the Armed Services
Committee,
the intelligence Committee,
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is
the Cheryl of the committee with
the spy and her staff.
So this is incredibly serious
and we are going to keep calling
it out everywhere. We can
because it makes what the Soviet
Union tried to do. Look like
junior varsity city,
because the amount of money that
our companies, politicians and
others are addicted to
Rachel. Well, you are definitely
a China hawk.
I know a lot of your constituent
are very grateful for that. You
say that down in Georgia. Much
more is on the line here than
just who controls the Senate.
You have been saying that if the
Democrats win both of those
seats and take control of not
just the Senate, but therefore
all levers of government in the
federal government, the
executive and both chambers of
commerce, you say our children
may end up growing up in a
socialist America.
Explain!
Well, you know its, not just
America led by socialists,
its a world led by chinese
communists.
The Democrats, if they control
all of Congress and the White
House, will systematically
dismantle president trumps
legacy in terms of standing up
to China are whether again it
is taking a tougher stand on IP.
The shift in our military to
take them on the progressives
have already called for at least
a twenty percent defense cut
and on and on across the board.
The other piece that we have to
understand is: if the Democrats
take Georgia and they take the
Senate, they will lock down
power.
Pelosi will drop the voting age.
She already passed this bill
once
she will pass it again to drop
the voting. To my knowledge, sixteen to
eliminate voter id to do
automatic same day, registration
they will put in Will d, DOT, c
statehood.
They will stack the Supreme
Court,
so we lose that back, stop and
then the progressive policies
will flow through,
and that is not a world that I
fought for or a country that I
fought for all over the world as
a veteran and its not one. I
want my kids growing up in
and it all comes to a head on
Tuesday in Georgia,
congressman it start on
Sunday when the speaker has got
to run the gawntlet and get the
actual vote.
She doesnt get those aocs and
squad and those on the far left
end of the spectrum.
Thats right.
She cant actually get that
gavel again
and there is a group out there
called forced to vote the vote.
They put out a statement quote
we put the squad and house Progressives in office to stand
progressives in office to stand
up to Nancy Pelosi, statement,
Democrats and fund them.
This is rare moment where Pelosi
needs something from
progressives. End quote
and the concern congressman is
what price is Nancy Pelosi
willing to pay? Probably
anything in order to stay in
power, and what is she give going
to give up and what is she going
to promise those on the far
radical left end of the
political spectrum?
No
thats right.
So a couple of points there
one is: she only won her
speakership by a few votes last
time
when she had a much bigger
majority.
She had fifteen Tee Fox NEWS deck
Tores.
She only won it by two votes. The
other thing, the seats we just
took back in this election
Republicans took back were
mainly their moderate seats.
That means the progressives have
more of a say,
thats exactly the point. We have
an environment in the house and
I see it up close and personal,
where the sauce is being made
with the progressive agenda
where folks, like Pelosi and
Maxine waters, look reasonable
because of so many to their left
and thats exactly what they are
saying is here. Is our agenda
speaker Pelosi? Nancy? If you
want to have that gavel again,
this is what you are going to
push through the Senate and on
to bidens desk.
Look we have. We will have a
country that are run by
Californians and New York,
Democrats
by Schumer, Harris and Pelosi
and again thats, not one
everybody is fleeing to Florida
from those two states.
They will nationalize their
lockdown policy and then, where
will we go
Griff Congressman in the
moments we have left?
Can I quickly get your reaction
to a story thats not getting
enough attention? In my
estimation,
that is the Trump administration
just declassified intelligence,
suggesting that China paid
bounties on: U Dot S troops in
Afghanistan.
Do you know something? You know s
about being over there?
I do.
I had a bounty on my head from
the Taliban, which I took as a
badge of honor,
but this is incredibly serious.
We regularly saw brand new
Chinese made weapons all over
the place when we captured them
from the tall pan.
We could never confirm for sure
back then whether they were off
the black market or being
provided from the chinese
government.
I am demanding a briefing
I want to see action if this
intelligence turns out to be
true.
Here is why
the only country in the world
where we currently have a base
that borders, China and their
western provinces, that they are
so worried about where the
general size with the uighurs is
going on, is in Afghanistan
thats, why its important to
keep that base and keep that
presence
not just for terrorism but for
China as well,
Rachel congressman. We thank
you so much for joining us here.
On the first day of twenty twenty one,
no one makes a cake case better
you why we need in Congress.
Thank you so much for joining
us happy new year,
goodbye, two thousand and twenty.
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