ACCOUNTABILITY OVER ORIGIN OF
COVID-19.
9 THE WHITE HOUSE SET TO HOLD A
PRESS BRIEFING IN ABOUT AN HOUR
FROM NOW AFTER "THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL" REPORTED THAT THE LAB
LEAK IS THE MOST LIKELY ORIGIN
OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
JOINING US NOW IS ARIZONA ARE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BIGGS.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU,
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THE THERE’S A LOT HIDDEN HERE.
IS THERE MORE IN STORE?
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON’T KNOW
BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T SEEN THIS
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT.
IT’S BEEN LEAKED TO SEVERAL
PEOPLE.
BUT THE REALITY IS THERE’S SOME
HUGE PROBLEMS FROM THIS WHETHER
IT’S THE CENSORSHIP, YOU KNOW,
DR. MARC SIEGEL, FOX
CONTRIBUTOR, SAYS IT LEADS TO
TOTAL AARON THEISM.
YES, THAT’S IT.
THIS LINKAGE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT
SUPPRESSING AND CENSORING
VIEWPOINTS THAT JUST SIMPLY
QUESTION THE ORIGINS, IT’S HUGE.
THIS IS A BIG STORY.
A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS THAT GO TO
IT.
EVERYTHING FROM WAS IT THE WUHAN
LAB, AND WERE WE FUNDING PART OF
THE LAB GAIN OF FUNCTION
RESEARCH?
IF SO YOU HAVE A WHOLE PANOPLY
OF ISSUES HERE, BRIAN.
TAYLOR: IT’S INTERESTING, I WAS
READING A PIECE IN THE TIMES
TODAY ABOUT HOW THE U.S. AND
CHINA RELATIONS ARE ALREADY AT A
LOW, AND HEN YOU COME OUT WITH
THE DoE REPORT.
CHINA HAD ALREADY BEEN
RESTRICTING THE W.H.O. FROM
GOING IN AND INVESTIGATING TO
FINE OUT THE TRUTH.
WHAT BECAUSE THE MEAN FOR YOU,
IF ANYTHING, ABOUT U.S.-CHINA
RELATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO
IMPROVE ON THAT OR NOT?
>> WELL,ST IT’S REALLY
TROUBLING.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE’VE BEEN
KIND OF IN A QUASI-COLD WAR WITH
CHINA FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
CHINA’S, YOU KNOW, IF WE INCLUDE
THIS AS PART OF WHAT THEY
WARRANT TO DO IN OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM -- WANT
TO DO, CHINA WANTS TO BE THE
WORLD’S HEGEMON.
SO THIS EXACERBATES THE PROBLEM.
NEED TO GET TO THE TRUTH HERE,
AND WE NEED TO SEE WHAT OUR
GOVERNMENT KNEW AND WHY THEY
WERE CENSORING PEOPLE.
BUT IT’S GOING TO HAVE A
DELETERIOUS IMPACT, FOR SURE, ON
THAT U.S.-CHINESE RELATIONSHIP,
NO CAUGHT ABOUT IT.
JACKIE: CONGRESSMAN, IF THE I
CAN SWITCH GEARS FOR A MOMENT,
BECAUSE THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT,
ZELENSKYY, ASKED HOUSE GOP
MEMBERS IN KYIV FOR MORE
MILITARY AID.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> IF THEY DO NOT SUPPORT
UKRAINE, THEY WILL LOSE NATO,
THEY WILL LOSE THE CLOUT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THEY WILL LOSE THE LEADERSHIP
POSITION THAT THEY ARE ENJOYING
IN THE WORLD.
JACKIE: SO, CONGRESSMAN, WE HAVE
SUPPORTED UKRAINE TO THE TUNE OF
$100 BILLION PLUS, AND PART OF
THE ISSUE IS THAT WE’VE ACTUALLY
NOT GIVEN THEM THE WEAPONS THAT
THEY NEED.
I’M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE
SPENT THAT MONEY ON.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, YOUR
REACTION TO ZELENSKYY NOW.
>> WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD STOP
THE FUNDING.
I’VE BELIEVED THAT FOR A LONG
TIME.
WE HAVE NOT ARCTIC THE LATE ARED
A NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST FOR
THE UNITED STATES THERE, NUMBER
ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVEN’T EVEN
DEFINED WHAT VICTORY HOOKS LIKE
AND WHAT’S NECESSARY TO HAPPEN.
IN ONE INSTANCE THEY’LL SAY,
WELL, WE HAVE TO RETAKE DONBAS,
THE DONBAS REGION.
NOW LATELY THEY’RE SAYING
UKRAINE NEEDS TO GET CRIMEA
BACK.
ALL OF THESE THINGS INDICATE
THAT THERE’S ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA
IN THE OP THE U.S. LEADERSHIP --
TOP U.S. LEADERSHIP ON WHY WE’RE
EVEN WILL AND WHAT WE HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH.
THAT’S REALLY DANGEROUS FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
IT’S DANGEROUS FOR UKRAINE.
IT’S ACTUALLY DANGEROUS FOR THAT
REGION OVER THERE BECAUSE IF WE
CONTINUE TO THE HELP ESCALATE
THIS, I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO
SEE A BROADER REGIONAL WAR, AND
THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR
ANYBODY IN THAT REGION.
WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING
DIPLOMATIC RESOLUTION OF THIS
MATTER.
BRIAN: CONGRESSMAN, YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE NATIONAL SECURITY
INTERESTS, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE
PAST WEEKS CHINA HAS GOTTEN MUCH
FOR INVOLVED.
IT’S HARD NOT TO SEE THAT
THEY’RE USING THIS POTENTIALLY
AS A TEST CASE FOR THEIR OWN
FOREIGN POLICY ADVENTURISM.
DOES THAT CHANGE THE CALCULATION
FOR YOU IN TERMS OF THE WAY WE
SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN UKRAINE?
>> NO, IT DOESN’T, AND I’LL TELL
YOU WHY.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WE NEED
TO STEP IN DIPLOMATICALLY AND
HELP DEESCALATE THIS.
WHEN WE START ADDING MORE MONEY,
MORE MATERIAL AND ACTUALLY
HAVING TROOPS ON THE GROUND OR
ADVISERS ON THE GROUND, IT’S
REMINISCENT OF THE OLD VIETNAM
ERA WHERE WE PUT ALL OF THOSE
THINGS THERE AND IT SLOWLY S
CALCULATED INTO A REGIONAL WAR.
WE ARE EFFECTIVELY FIGHTING A
PROXY WAR RIGHT NOW WITH RUSSIA.
THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD I
THINK WE SHOULD WITH DOING IS
ESCALATING THAT.
JACKIE: 113 BILLION, WE JUST