MERCEDES, LIZ, THANKS FOR
JOINING ME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SEAN: SWITCHING GEARS, MASSIVE
GOVERNMENT PROTESTS ERUPTING
ACROSS CHINA OVER XI XINPING’S
COVID POLICY.
WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL
WALTZ.
MICHAEL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, SEAN.
SEAN: WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
WE’RE SEEING PROTESTS ON STREETS
OF CHINA.
WE’RE SEEING IN SOME PROTESTS
CALL FOR REMOVAL OF XI, DOWN
WITH THE CCP ARE SOME OF THE
CHANTS.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN CHINA?
>> NUMBER ONE IT IS A SAD IRONY
THAT THIS VIRUS THAT HAS
DEVASTATED THE WORLD, DEVASTATED
SO MANY FAMILIES HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES IS COMING RIGHT
BACK AROUND ON WHERE IT CAME
FROM BUT, NUMBER TWO, WHAT I
THINK IS SO EXTRAORDINARY THESE
VIDEOS ARE EVEN GETTING OUT FOR
TO US SEE.
PROTESTS HAPPEN IN CHINA OF THE
WORLD NEVER KNOWS ABOUT THEM.
NOTHING CAN PENETRATE THE GREAT
CCP FIREWALL THERE.
THE FACT THEY’RE GETTING OUT,
THE WORLD IS SEEING WHAT IS
GOING ON IS PRETTY
EXTRAORDINARY.
THIRDLY, ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST
HAVE A TEPID, WEAK, FLACCID
RESPONSE FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION WHETHER IT’S
CHINA, CUBA, VENEZUELA, IRAN, WE
CAN GO AROUND THE WORLD WHERE
PEOPLE CRYING OUT FOR FREEDOM
JUST NEED TO HEAR THAT THE
UNITED STATES FIRMLY STANDS WITH
YOU AND THAT’S ONCE AGAIN NOT
WHAT WE’RE GETTING FROM THIS
WHITE HOUSE.
SEAN: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, CAN
THIS GET LEGS TO IT THESE
PROTESTS OR DOES THE CCP
ACTUALLY CONTINUE ITS
STRANGLEHOLD GRIP ON THE COUNTRY
OF CHINA?
>> WELL I THINK THEY HAVE
ALREADY GOTTEN SOME LEGS WHICH
IS EXTRAORDINARY BUT, YOU KNOW,
ONE HAS TO REMEMBER THAT
CHAIRMAN XI’S FATHER WAS A
SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL
DURING THE TIANAMEN SQUARE
PROTESTS.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED THERE, A
BRUTAL MASSIVE CRACKDOWN.
THIS IS FAR MORE WIDESPREAD
GEOGRAPHICALLY.
IT WOULD BE A MAJOR REVERSAL ON
XI WHO REALLY STAKED HIS
REPUTATION AND THE CCP’S
REPUTATION ON THESE CRACKDOWNS
AND ON NOT ACCEPTING WESTERN
VACCINES THAT THE CHINESE
VACCINE IS JUST AS GOOD.
IT IS NOT.
I’M NOT SURE THEY GET OUT OF
THIS.
THERE ARE THINGS WE COULD BE
DOING.
WE COULD HELP THEM PENETRATE THE
FIREWALL, GETTING THEIR WORD
OUT.
WE SHOULD BE CRACKING DOWN ON
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE U.S.
MONEY FLOWING INTO THEIR MARKETS
AND PROPPING UP THE COMMUNIST
PARTY.
ALL OF THESE COMPANIES HERE,
BANKS WANT TO PREACH ESG AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE HERE, THEY
COMPLETELY HYPOCRITELY TURN A
BLIND EYE THERE.
ELON MUSK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW ABOUT WE TAKE DOWN SOME OF
THE CHINESE BOTS SPREADING THEIR
PROPAGANDA ALL OVER THE WORLD
THROUGH TWITTER, THROUGH
FACEBOOK, AND OTHER SOCIAL
MEDIA?
SO FINALLY GET A TIKTOK BAN IN
PLACE, TALKING ABOUT A
PROPAGANDA AND DATA GATHERING
MACHINE.
INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IT.
THE U.S. MILITARY HAS DONE IT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO DO
IT TOO.
THERE ARE TANGIBLE THINGS THIS
ADMINISTRATION COULD BE DOING
AND THEY’RE NOT.
SEAN: CAN I TELL YOU ONE OF THE
DISTINCT DIFFERENCES, MIKE, IN
THESE PROTESTS, YOU SAW THE SAME
PROTESTS IN CUBA A
YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO, OR IN
VENEZUELA, COMMUNISTS TAKEN AWAY
THE RIGHT TO OWN A FIREARM WITH
ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE.
NOW YOU DEDEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR FIREARM.
THE FOUNDERS WAS NOT ACTUALLY
FOR DUCK HUNTING OR DEER
HUNTING.
FIREARMS ARE EQUALIZING PART,
I’M NOT SUGGESTING THAT HAPPENED
HERE BUT THAT WAS THE VIEW OF
THE FOUNDERS WHEN THEY SET UP
THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR BILL OF
RIGHTS.
YOU SEE WHEN OTHER PLACES DON’T
HAVE THAT, THEY HAVE NO POWER
AGAINST A REPRESSIVE REGIME.
>> WELL LOOK, IN ORDER FOR THE
MASSIVE REDISTRIBUTION EVER
WEALTH, IN ORDER TO TAKE FROM
ONE GROUP OF THE CITIZENS AND
PROVIDE TO THE OTHER YOU NEED
BUREAUCRATS IN CHARGE PICKING
WINNERS AND LOSERS AND IF YOU
HAVE A GROUP THAT CAN RESIST
THAT AUTHORITARIANSHIP WITH
FORCE, THAT’S NOT, COMMUNISM
WON’T WORK.
SO YES, THE DISARMING OF THE
POPULACE HAS HAPPENED BACK INTO
THE 19th CENTURY SINCE
COMMUNISM WAS FORMED.
IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL PART.
WE SEE IT IN THESE KIND OF
COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS NO COINCIDENCE, THE SAME
PUSHING FOR SOCIALISM HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES ARE ALSO THE
BIGGEST PUSHERS OF GUN CONTROL.
SEAN: I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
THE CONGRESS BECAUSE A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS SEE THE THREAT OF
THE RISE OF CHINA, WHETHER IT IS
ECONOMIC OR MILITARY.
DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS ARE
JOINING REPUBLICANS IN
RECOGNIZING THAT THREAT AND WILL
THEY JOIN AS AMERICANS, NOT WITH
A RED HAT OR A BLUE HAT, JOIN
TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
ADDRESS THAT THREAT, MAKE
AMERICA STRONGER SO WE PUSH BACK
MILITARILY, ECONOMICALLY ON
CHINA?
>> YOU KNOW, YES AND NO.
WE SEE IT WITH SOME OF THE
DEMOCRATS ON THE NATIONAL
SECURITY COMMITTEES, ARMED
SERVICES, INTEL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
THAT ARE SEEING THE INTEL, THAT
SEE THAT XI FULLY PLANS TO
REPLACE THE UNITED STATES AS A
GLOBAL POWER AND THE MASSIVE
MILITARY BUILDUP THAT IS GOING
ON RIGHT NOW BUT WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT, THAT AT
THEIR CORE BELIEVES THE UNITED
STATES IS A MISOGYNOUS, RACIST,
COLONIALIST BAD COUNTRY AND
EVILS OF CAPITALISM, THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND OTHER
DICTATORSHIPS GRAB ON TO IN
THEIR PROPAGANDA.
SO IN THAT SENSE THEY’RE KIND OF
ALIGNED AND YOU, YOU LAYER ON
TOP OF THAT THE TOTALITARIANISM
THAT IS NEEDED, THE GOVERNMENT
CONTROL THAT IS NEEDED FOR
WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION AND
THEY’RE ALIGNED AGAIN.
THAT IS A HUGE HURDLE WE NEED TO
OVERCOME AS A COUNTRY BECAUSE
THIS SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN
ISSUE.
SEAN: SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN
ISSUE.
WOULD BE GREAT IF EVERY MEMBER
OF CONGRESS HAD THE VIEW THEY
SHOULD PUT AMERICA FIRST, OUR
INTERESTS, OUR PEOPLE FIRST AS
OPPOSED TO CHINESE AND OTHERS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.