TECHNOLOGY WHILE APPLE CONTINUES
ITS BIG BUSINESS IN CHINA.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS THE
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, FOX
NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, MIKE POMPEO.
SECRETARY, IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB PUSHING
OFF THE CCP BAD BEHAVIOR.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO APPLE
AND ALL THESE OTHER COMPANIES
THAT ARE ENABLING COMMUNIST
CHINA AND, IN FACT, INDIRECTLY
FUNDING ITS EXPANSION?
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
FIRST, IT’S INCREDIBLY
HYPOCRITICAL, RIGHT?
GEORGIA PASSES A -- LAW, EVERY
BIG TECH COMES DOWN ON THEM, AND
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
IMPRISONS A MILLION PEOPLE IN
INTERMENT CAMPS, AND APPLE GROWS
THEIR BUSINESS THERE, SO THAT’S
BAD.
IT’S EVEN WORSE BECAUSE THIS
IMPACTS AMERICANS RIGHT HERE AT
HOME.
IF THESE TECH COMPANIES WON’T
FIX IT, IF THEY’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO UNDERWRITE, ALLOW TO
EXPAND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY BY FINANCING THAT
COMMUNIST PARTY, THEN WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO
OUR OWN HANDS, WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO PREVENT THEM FROM DOING
THIS.
I THINK THE POLITICAL RISK TO
COMPANIES LIKE APPLE IS REAL.
I THINK A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE
SEEING IT, AND THEY’RE TRYING TO
MOVE OUT OF CHINA.
I HOPE THAT’S THE CASE.
IF THEY CAN’T SEE WHAT THEY ARE
DOING IS DENYING HUMAN DIGNITY
TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA AND
PUTTING AMERICANS AT RISK AS
WELL, THEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
TO PASS LAWS THAT PREVENT THEM
FROM PLAYING FOOTSIE WITH THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY,
EMPOWERING AND EMBOLDENING THEM
AND CREATING WEALTH FOR THEM.
MARIA: BUT WILL WE?
YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TOUGH
ENOUGH LEADERS IN WASHINGTON TO
ACTUALLY PASS THOSE LAWS YOU’RE
REFERRING TO?
LET’S FACE IT, WHERE ARE WE,
THREE YEARS FROM WHEN THE
COMMUNIST PARTY LEARNED OF COVID
ESCAPING FROM A LAB IN WUHAN,
AND WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD A
SERIOUS INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT
WENT DOWN IN WUHAN AND WHETHER
OR NOT THIS WAS THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY DEVELOPING A
BIOWEAPON?
>> YEAH, MARIA.
I DON’T KNOW IF WE HAVE LEADERS
THAT ARE BOLD ENOUGH.
THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF THAT.
I WAS HEARTENED TO HEAR SOON TO
BE SPEAKER McCARTHY THIS
MORNING TALK ABOUT THE FACT HE’S
GOING TO IMPANEL A BIPARTISAN
GROUP TO BEGIN TO WORK ON THIS
PROJECT, BUT WE’RE 40 YEARS
LATE.
THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
WORK TO DO.
WE NOW HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE.
YOU WERE TALKING TO HERSCHEL
WALKER.
I HOPE WE GET 50 VOTES IN THE
SENATE.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND WE
CAN PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY THAT
BUILT ITS REGIME ON THE BACK OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THAT IS
SPYING AT LEVELS INSIDE THE
UNITED STATES THAT IS
UNCONSCIONABLE, AND WE CAN’T
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
WE HAVE TO GIVEN TO CONFRONT IT.
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID,
WELL, GOODNESS, THEY’RE JUST
KIND OF A COMPETITOR.
NO, THEY ARE AN ADVERSARY
DETERMINED TO MAKE US LIVE MORE
LIKE THEM, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE JUST LIKE PRESIDENT REAGAN
DID, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE WIN
AND HAY RUSE. -- THEY LOSE.
MARIA: YOU LOOK AT TIKTOK, HOW
MANY TIMES CAN THE FBI TELL US
THAT TIKTOK IS A THREAT, THAT
THE CCP USES TIKTOK TO SURVEIL
AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND THEY
COULD USE INFORMATION FROM OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE TO BLACKMAIL THEM
LATER ON?
SHOULD TIKTOK BE BANNED IN THE
U.S., AND WHAT IS IT GOING TO
TAKE TO ACTUALLY MOVE ON THESE
THREATS?
>> EASY, YES, TIKTOK SHOULD BE
BANNED.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY SURVEILLING
OUR KIDS, THAT’S HORRIBLE,
RIGHT, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT YOUR
CHILD’S FACE LOOKS LIKE, THEY
KNOW WHO THEIR FRIENDS ARE, THEY
KNOW WHO THEY’RE GOING OUT TO
SEE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN
THEY’RE IN COLLEGE, BUT IT’S
ALSO A PROPAGANDA TOOL HERE
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
TO WATCH PRESIDENT BIDEN TALK
ABOUT TWITTER AS IF IT’S A RISK
AND REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT TIKTOK,
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY THAT
IS DEMONSTRABLY A RISK, IS
INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME.
WE SHOULD BAN ALL THE CHINESE
APPS, ALL THE CHINESE
TECHNOLOGIES HERE INSIDE THE
UNITED STATES.
WE SHOULD BUILD THEM HERE AT
HOME.
I’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, MARIA,
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY IS
INSIDE AMERICA, IT’S INSIDE THE
GATES.
WE HAVE TO CONFRONT IT, AND WE
HAVE TO CONFRONT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FROM THE THREAT THE IT
PRESENTS.
MARIA: WELL, I MEAN, I RECOGNIZE
THAT THE DIRECTION SHOULD COME
FROM THE TOP, JOE BIDEN, BUT
HE’S COMPROMISED.
WE ALL KNOW THAT NOW.
SO MAYBE CORPORATIONS NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE BETTER.
DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THE
THREAT THAT IS COMMUNIST CHINA?
IS IT ONLY MONEY THAT’S
IMPORTANT TO THESE GUYS?
>> MARIA, I THINK IT’S A MIXED
BAG.
I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE NAIVE,
SOME OF THEM ARE IGNORANT, BUT I
THINK THAT EXCUSE IS NOW LARGELY
GONE.
I THINK THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, WE PULLED BACK
THE CURTAIN, WE RIPPED THE
BAND-AID OFF.
YOU NO LONGER CAN SAY YOU DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY WAS DOING.
COMPANIES ARE MAKING A BUCK AND
AREN’T PREPARED TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
YOU’RE RIGHT, I SUSPECT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WON’T DO
ENOUGH.
I HOPE GOVERNORS WILL DO IT.
I SAW KRISTI NOEM BANNED TIKTOK
THE ON GOVERNMENT PHONES.
THIS SHOULD BE A FULL-ON EFFORT
TO CONFRONT CHINA AT EVERY LEVEL
OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
AND I HOPE THE PRIVATE SECTOR
WILL COME TO SEE THE TRUE
BUSINESS RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH
PLAYING FOOTSIE WITH THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
MARIA: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
ANOTHER THREAT WITHIN OUR
COUNTRY, SOMETHING YOU REFERRED
TO RECENTLY.
YOU SAID THAT THE HEAD OF THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS,
PRESIDENT RANDI WEINGARTEN, IS
THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON IN
AMERICA.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE IN CHARGE
DURING COVID, THE TEACHERS UNION
DIRECTED THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF
KEEPING KIDS AT HOME AND KEEPING
SCHOOLS CLOSED.
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO GO BACK TO
WORK.
>> WE’VE SEEN THE DATA FOR WHAT
THE TEACHERS UNIONS DID TO THESE
KIDS.
THEY KEPT THEM OUT OF SCHOOL FOR
TWO YEARS.
IT WAS WHOLLY UNNECESSARY TO DO
THAT.
THERE WAS NO SCIENCE, MARIA,
ATTACHED TO IT.
THESE KIDS AREN’T GOING TO CATCH
UP.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY, IT’S
A TRAGEDY.
THE KIDS IN THE HARDEST PLACES
IN AMERICA WILL LOSE TWO YEARS
OF THEIR EDUCATION.
THEY’RE NOT LIKELY TO MAKE THAT
UP.
AND RANDI WEINGARTEN AND HER
FELLOW TRAVELERS, THESE ARE THE
TEACHERS UNIONS THAT FOR 40
YEARS HAVE UNDERMINED OUR
INSTITUTIONS OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION.
WE NEED TO GIVE POWER BACK TO
PARENTS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE RANDI WEINGARTENS OF
THE SCHOOL AREN’T DRIVING THEIR
LEFTIST VISIONS FOR SCHOOLS
WHERE WE DON’T TEACH BASIC
CIVICS, ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THERE’S TWO HOUSES IN THE
CONGRESS, RIGHT, THE THINGS THAT
EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN NEEDS TO
KNOW.
THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL NATION.
RANDI WEINGARTEN COUNT --
DOESN’T WANT OUR KIDS TO LEARN
THAT.
THAT RISK IS REAL, CLEAR AND
PRESENT, AND THE UNITED STATES
NEEDS TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
RANDI WEINGARTENS OF THE WORLD.
MARIA: SO DISTURBING.
ALL OF THIS IS SO DISTURBING.
NEED REAL LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON.
SECRETARY, IT’S GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE