>> DOES THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT THE
PROTESTERS IN CHINA?
>> OF COURSE WE DO.
WE SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE WHETHER IT’S IN
CHINA, WHETHER IT’S IRAN,
WHETHER IT’S ANYPLACE ELSE TO
PROTEST PEACEFULLY, TO MAKE
KNOWN THEIR VIEWS, VENT
FRUSTRATIONS AND AS THAT’S
REPRESSED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
IN ANY GIVEN COUNTRY WE SPEAK
OUT AGAINST IT, WE STAND UP
AGAINST IT AND TAKE A ACTION
AGAINST IT.
NO AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO BE SILENT ON THAT.
MARIA: YEAH.
JUST NOT THIS TIME.
A THATS WAS SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTONY BLINKEN TALKING ABOUT
CHINA’S COVID PRO ACTIVITIES PRO
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS
CRITICIZED FOR THE WEAK
RESPONSE.
APPLE REPORTEDLY ACCELERATING
PLANS TO SHIFT SOME PRODUCTION
OUTSIDE OF CHINA FOLLOWING THE
UNREST AT THE FOX CON iPHONE
FACTORY.
JOINING ME NOW IS NEW YORK
CONGRESSWOMAN, HOUSE SMALL
BUSINESS COMMITTEE MEMBER
CLAUDIA TENNEY.
CONGRESSWOMAN, IT’S ALWAYS A
PLEASURE.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE
THIS MORNING.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE TO THE
PROTESTERS IN CHINA?
CLAUDIA, TENNEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?
>> NOT YET.
I APOLOGIZE.
MARIA: CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDIA
TENNEY IS IN NEW YORK THIS
MORNING.
SHE IS JOINING US AND I WANT TO
GET YOUR TAKE ON THE RESPONSE
FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
ABOUT THE PRO T TESTERS.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THE
RESPONSE FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN A LITTLE
WEAK.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY ANTONY BLINKEN
CONDEMNED THE PROTESTS BUT THEY
HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING TO REAL RE
POINT OUT THAT THE CHINESE ARE
USING TIKTOK WHICH IS LIKE A
SPYWARE, THEY SHUT DOWN AIR DROP
THAT THE PROTESTERS WERE USING.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A CRACK
DOWN ON COVID ZERO, THIS IS THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY THAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO
REACT TO AND I DON’T THINK THAT
THEY’VE REACTED AD A YETLY.
THERE -- ADD A YETLY.
THERE COULD BE -- ADEQUATELY.
THERE COULD BE SANCTIONS IN
TERMS OF CRACKING DOWN ON THE
PROTESTERS SO VIOLENTLY.
I THINK THEY COULD BE MORE OF A
RESPONSE.
I FIND IT’S VERY WEAK COMING
FROM THIS WHITE HOUSES
PERSONALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
BOMBSHELL THIS WEEKEND OF THE
REALIZATION OF WHAT’S ON THE
LAPTOP, THE POTENTIAL COMPROMISE
BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON
WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
AND CHINESE BUSINESS PEOPLE AND
ALSO JUST THE APPLE SITUATION
WITH APPLE BEING WILLING TO
COMPLY WITH THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE
ADMINISTRATION NOT STANDING UP
TO APPLE AS WELL ALTHOUGH THEY
DID COME TO CAPITOL HILL AND
LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO BE
MOVING SOME OF THEIR JOBS
POTENTIALLY OUT OF CHINA AND
INTO POTENTIALLY INDIA OR
VIETNAM.
MARIA: I MEAN, YOU MAKE ALL
REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS AND
THANK YOU FOR THAT, BRINGING UP
THE CCP, BECAUSE THAT IS A POINT
THAT I’VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE
ALL MORNING.
YES, THE CENSORSHIP IS AGAINST
ALL THAT WE STAND FOR IN
AMERICA, THE FACT THAT THE FBI
WAS HAVING MEETINGS WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA EVERY WEEK WHICH WE NOW
KNOW FROM SWORN TESTIMONY OF AN
FBI AGENT, BUT AN EVEN BIGGER
FORCE THAT IS IN OUR FACES HERE
IS THE CCP AND THE FACT THAT WE
KEEP ROLLING OVER AND TAKING
PAGES OUT OF THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY’S PLAYBOOK, ALL
OF THIS THE MONEY TAKEN IN FROM
THE BIDEN FAMILY, THIS IS A
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.
THAT’S THE POINT THAT I KEEP
MAKING AND WHY IT JUST HORRIFIES
ME THAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
DOESN’T RECOGNIZE AND IS NOT
CONNECTING THE DOTS TO WHAT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT HERE.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
THE CHINESE ARE MONITORING US
THROUGH TIKTOK, THROUGH
POTENTIALLY OUR APPLE PHONES
WHICH ARE HIGH TECH DEVICES THAT
MOST AMERICANS ARE WALKING
AROUND WITH, I HAVE AN iPHONE.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T
WANT -- THEY’RE LOOKING THE
OTHER WAY AND THEY’RE LOOKING
THE OTHER WAY ON THE LAPTOP
WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED
BY 51 SO-CALLED INTELLIGENCE
AGENTS.
I THINK THEY ALL SHOULD LOSE
SECURITY CLEARANCE, FOR
PERPETUATING THIS LIE THAT THIS
IS -- THAT THE BIDEN -- THE
HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP WAS SOMEHOW
RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION.
THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CREDIBLE
PEOPLE WHO STOOD UP FOR THIS AND
THE DIRECTOR OF NATION NAIL
INTELLIGENCE, FORMER
REPRESENTATIVE RATCLIFFE SAID ON
YOUR SHOW, HE WARNED THEM THIS
WAS AN AUTHENTIC SITUATION WHICH
REVEALS 10% FOR THE BIG GUY, ALL
KINDS OF INTERVENTION.
MAYBE THAT’S WHY THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA AND YOU OUTLETS OUTLETS LI
TIMES WHICH IS AS ELON MUSK
CALLS IT REALLY A POLITICAL ARM
OR A LOBBYING ARM FOR THE
DEMOCRATS, THEY DON’T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU’RE NOT HEARING ABOUT ANY OF
THIS ANYWHERE OTHER THAN FOX,
FOX BUSINESS AND SOME OTHER MORE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA.
SO THIS IS A NATIONAL STORY.
THIS IS NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
FROM NOT JUST OUR ADVERSARY AS
THE ADMINISTRATION LIKES TO CALL
CHINA, BUT CHINA’S AN ENEMY.
CHINA -- THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY IS CRACKING DOWN ON ITS
OWN PEOPLE AND THEY WANT WORLD
DOMINATION.
THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE PLANNING ON
DOING.
WE KNOW THE ISSUE IN TAIWAN IS
-- IT MAY BE SOONER THAN WE
THINK WHERE THEY’LL BE INVADING
TAIWAN AND TAKING TAIWAN BACK
WHICH IS GOING TO JEOPARDIZE US
IN TERMS OF THE SOPHISTICATED
SEMICONDUCTORS AND CHIPS MADE
THERE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SOME
COMING TO THIS COUNTRY.
THE TAIWANESE WANT OUR SUPPORT
AND UNTHE TAIWAN HE RELATIONS
ACT WE SAY WE’RE GOING TO
SUPPORT THEM AND PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAYS THAT BUT THEN THE
ADMINISTRATION WALKS IT BACK SO
YOU’RE GETTING CONFLICTING VIEWS
WHICH ONLY EMBOLDENS THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY BECAUSE THEY
KNOW THE UNITED STATES IS
PROJECTING WEAKNESS AND
UNCERTAINTY.
MARIA: RIGHT.
AND THEY’RE TRACKING ALL OF OUR
POLITICAL DEBATES AND PILING ON,
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND YOU’RE RIGHT, JOHN RATCLIFFE
WAS ON THIS PROGRAM IN OCTOBER
OF P 2020, WEEKS BEFORE THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO SAY NO,
THAT’S NOT TRUE.
I’M THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE.
NOBODY SEES MORE INTELLIGENCE
THAN ME ASIDE FROM THE SITTING
PRESIDENT AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR
SURE THAT WE NEVER TOLD HE THESE
INDIVIDUALS THAT THIS WAS
MISINFORMATION AND WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING IS NOT TRUE.
I SUSPECT THAT THE GOP MAJORITY
IS GOING TO LEAD TO BRINGING
JOHN BRENNAN AND JAMES CLAPPER
IN TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH.
ARE YOU EXPECTING THAT?
>> I HOPE SO.
I HOPE ALL THOSE 51 SO-CALLED
INTELLIGENCE AGENTS, I KNOW THEY
HAVE SECURITY CLEARANCES AND
THEY WORKED IN THE CIA AND OTHER
OPERATIVES, I HOPE THOSE PEOPLE
ARE BROUGHT IN AND QUESTIONED AS
TO HOW THEY COULD POSSIBLY CALL
THIS LAPTOP CLASSIC CASE OF
RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION.
THAT’S BEEN DISPROVEN MUCH LIKE
THE RUSSIA COLLUSION HOAX THAT
WE PUT UP WITH FOR FOUR YEARS
WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN
OFFICE.
MARIA: MEANWHILE, KEVIN
MCCARTHY TOLD HE ME YESTERDAY
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING
TO END THE MILITARY COVID
VACCINE MANDATE AND THAT IT WILL
BE IN THIS WEEK’S DEFENSE BILL.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THAT
BECAUSE THE NDAA IS ABOUT TO
DROP.
HERE IS KEVIN MCCARTHY FROM
YESTERDAY.
WATCH.
>> AT A MEETING THE PRESIDENT,
I LAID OUT CLEARLY WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE WILL BE WITH THE
REPUBLICAN IMAGE MAJORITY.
WE WILL SECURE LIFTING THE
VACCINE MANDATE ON OUR MILITARY.
THEY’RE KICKING OUT MEN AND
WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING,
PEOPLE ARE NOT MEETING THE
RECRUITMENT COME NEXT WEEK
YOU’LL SEE WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO
AND THAT’S THE FIRST VICTORY OF
HAVING A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
MARIA: SO CONGRESSWOMAN, WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE NDAA
WHICH WILL DROP THIS WEEK.
>> LET’S HOPE THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT WILL
INCLUDE THIS LIFT ON THE VACCINE
MANDATE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN INDICATED THAT
HE WOULD DO THAT.
I HAVE A BILL ACTUALLY WITH
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSEY
THAT’S BEEN WAITING OF OUT THERE
THAT WE WOULD PREVENT FEDERAL
FUNDING TO ANY AGENCY UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF HE DEFENSE THAT
WOULD REQUIRE A VACCINE MANDATE
ESPECIALLY FOR OUR HEALTHIEST
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, PEOPLE WHO
REACH OPTIMUM LEVELS OF FITNESS.
MANY OF THESE MEMBERS OF OUR
MILITARY HAVE SERVED AND ARE
BEING THROWN OUT.
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY RECRUITMENT
ISSUES, WE’RE DOWN IN OUR RANKS
ALL ACROSS ALL SECTORS, WHETHER
IT’S THE NAVY, THE MARINES, THE
AIR FORCE AND THE ARMY AND NOW
WITH THIS VACCINE MANDATE LIFTED
WE CAN BRING PEOPLE BACK.
THERE’S A RECENT CASE OF A WOMAN
WHO GRADUATED OR SHOULD GRADUATE
FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY WHO
IS BEING DENIED HER DIPLOMA
AFTER SERVING IN THIS PREMIER
INSTITUTION AND BEING DENIED HER
COMMISSION.
MY SON IS A GRADUATE OF THE U.S.
NAVAL ACADEMY, HE SERVES OUR
COUNTRY AS A MARINE.
HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A MARINE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE HEALTHIEST
PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY ARE BEING
REMOVED FROM BEING ABLE TO
COMPLETE THEIR DIPLOMA, TO GET
COMMISSIONED, TO SERVE IN THE
MILITARY.
THEY’RE HEALTHY, THEY HAVE TO
MEET STANDARDS OF FITNESS.
THEY’RE NOT THE VULNERABLE
PEOPLE WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
WITH A EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE.
YOU GET THE VACCINE, YOU STILL
GET COVID.
THE SAME WAY WE DENIED THE
FITTEST TENNIS PLAYER THERE IS,
NOVAKNOVAK DJOKOVIC WAS DENIED B
ABLE TO PLAY IN THE U.S. OPEN
HERE IN NEW YORK WHILE OTHER
AMERICANS WHO DIDN’T GET THE
VACCINE WERE ALLOWED TO PLAY.
SO THIS VACCINE MANDATE IS
ABSURD MANY I HOPE THAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THE
DEMOCRATS STICK TO THE PLAN THAT
THEY REMOVE -- THEY PUT THIS IN
THE NDAA WHICH SAYS IF YOU SERVE
IN THE MILITARY, IF YOU ARE
HEALTHY, IF YOU HAVE IMMUNITIES
AND THERE’S EXCEPTIONS, YOU DO
NOT HAVE A VACCINE MANDATE.
IT’S TIME TO END THIS.
MARIA: WE’LL SEEM WE’LL GET THE
CONFIRMATION THIS WEEK.
WHY HASN’T THERE BEEN ONE HEAR,
NOT ONE HEARING ON THE ORIGINS
OF COVID-19.
>> NOT ONE.
THAT WILL CHANGE NEXT YEAR WHEN
THE REPUBLICANS TAKE BACK THE GA
VEAL.
WE’LL HAVE TO BRING THEM IN.
WHY ISN’T CHINA PAYING?
WHY DID WE LOSE A MILLION LIVES
IN THE UNITED STATES, MILLIONS
OF LIVES AROUND THE WORLD
BECAUSE OF THIS.
PEOPLE WERE CONDEMNED, THROWN
OFF SOCIAL MEDIA ESPECIALLY
TWITTER FOR CLAIMING THAT THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN -- THIS WAS
PROBABLY A LAB LEAK AND NOT FROM
A HE WET MARKET.
THIS HAS ALL GOT TO BE
INVESTIGATED AND CHINA AND THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SHOULD
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
WELDING THEIR OWN PEOPLE INTO
THEIR HOMES, WITH ZERO COVID
POLICY AND REALLY I THINK A LOT
OF IT IS ABOUT POWER AND
AUTHORITARIANISM AND LESS ABOUT
THE DISEASE.
MARIA: BINGO.
CONGRESSWOMAN, IT’S GREAT TO SEE
YOU AS ALWAYS.