House GOP China Task Force member Rep. Michael Waltz on the Chinese spy controversies.
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and then I offered to help
and then I offered to help-
and I did help.
I was thanked by the FBI for my
help and that person is no
longer in the country,
and I was a little surprised to
read about my cooperation in
that story, because the story
says that you know there was
no. There was never a
suspicion of wrongdoing. On my
part,
people who did had share
classified information were the
people who leaked this story
and to do that against the
critic of the president. They may
think they are going to silence
me.
They are not going to silence
me.
Will the important point that
the american people need to
understand is not that a chinese
spy snuggled up to Eric Swalwell,
but that someone told many on
him
lets bring in Michael Waltz, a
member of the task force.
Thank you for joining us
want to get your reaction to
this story. Congressman Swalwell
as well,
incredibly rich, coming from
Congressman Swalwell, who sat at
shifts right hand during the
entire impeachment
investigation,
the leaker in chief that was
coming out just flying out of
the intelligence committee as
they were going after the
president.
The point that I want everybody
to understand today is that the
country is flooded with chinese
communist money.
This is a much bigger and
pervasive problem
its in Hollywood,
its in think tanks,
its in journalism,
its in Wall Street Journal
and its going after progressive
politicians
like Swalwell.
They went after Senator Dianne
Feinstein and put an operative
in her campaign and these
arent. Now we are getting
reports of Jon Ossoff in Georgia
that was taking anti democracy
money from a linked entity in
China.
These arent members
progressive members on you
know the shoe Shine Committee
theyre on intelligence. They
are on Senate intelligence,
they are on House armed
services
and I think we need to take a
hard look at how they are
voting, how they are voting
vis, a vis or defense bill, our
intelligence bill and, as we go,
you know really truly take on
what I think is the greatest
threat. This country has ever
faced in the Chinese Communist
Party, how they are viewing it
and what they are saying.
Rachel congressman you bring
up such a great point. You
actually sit on that China Task
Force and its a task force that
Nancy Pelosi refused to put any
Democrats on.
What does that tell you about
the Democrat Party and whether
or not they truly are beholding
to China and cant be really
fair when it comes to issues
that involve China?
Well, the sad thing is: she
had initially agreed with
Speaker Mccarthy.
This should be a bipartisan
issue.
The Chinese Communist Party is
in a cold war with the United
States. Just look at President
Xis speeches where he talks
about replacing the american
dream of freedom and democracy
with the China dream around the
world of prepressure and
kowtowing to the Communist
Party
thats the issue here
we just had Vice President Biden
this year say the rise of China
is no big deal.
It should happen peacefully.
We can all get along with this
notion that we are just nice to
them. They will be nice to us
back
thats, not what their leadership
is saying.
Navy is larger than ours
launching more into the space
than the rest of the world,
combined
flooding the zone in the United
States with money. In a way, the
Soviet Union was never able to
do to influence all of american
society and around the world
to eventually again kowtow to
Beijing and how they see the
future. Not us
and im not going to have my
grandchildren grow up in a world
led by chinese communist or for
that matter the United States
led by democratic socialists,
and that link there is something
that should scare every
american
PETE. That is a link
its a very fair point.
You know we talked earlier
about how the Hunter Biden story
was suppressed before the
election.
We are now learning. There is a
Hunter Biden investigation in
Pittsburgh that is focused on
his dealings with China and with
Burisma.
Where does that go?
Should there be a special
counsel,
talk to us about this
development?
There absolutely should
particularly what im watching
this is a president Trump
appointed? U dot S attorney in
Delaware that could be replaced
by an incoming Biden
administration.
There needs to be a special
counsel in place to ensure that
we get to the bottom of it,
because its absolutely clear,
big tech, isnt going to help
mainstream media isnt going to
help
and Democrats have been saying
nothing to see here,
but right now that we are post
election, then suddenly we are
going to cover the story,
will congressman you, along
with one hundred and twenty seven one hundred and thirty other members of
Congress signed on to join the
Texas lawsuit questioning the
election results in several
states across this country.
Yeah.
Will the Orlando Sentinel has
apologized for endorsing you. I
believe right for backing this
election lawsuit, which was just
rejected by the Supreme Court
last night,
heres what they wrote.
I want to read it to you and our
viewers.
We apologize to our readers for
endorsing MIKE Waltz in the twenty twenty
general election for Congress.
We had no idea had no way of
knowing at that time, that waltz
was not committed to democracy,
our bad
congressman, your reaction.
Well, they also called me a
coward and said I was dangerous
to the country.
Last I checked guys, you know
trying to settle a dispute
through an electoral system
through the courts is exactly
what our democracy is all about.
Pete you and I have served in
places where they dont have a
court system
where elected leaders who
disagree are mobilizing people
to violence in the street.
I signed on to an amicus brief
because I think there were real
constitutional article. One
article III will 14Th amendment
issues in Pennsylvania and
Georgia in particular that our
Supreme Court should hear and
should rule upon
thats what democracy is all
about:
a settling things in the
judicial system.
To tell me now that im a
danger, do you know what
Orlando Sentinel Board? You can
keep your endorsement and
suppressing people and
suppressing people who are
trying to use the court system
peacefully, thats whats,
dangerous to democracy
Rachel. Thank you congressman.
It does sound, quite civil,
so not very dangerous
PETE. Thank you colonel
appreciate. It.
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