Schweizer: CCP Has ‘Groomed’ Tim Walz; ‘Big Help with a Little Bad-Mouth’

BARTIROMO Joining me now ░░░░░░░░ the President of the ░░░░░░░░ Accountability Office Peter Schweizer ░░░░░░░░ has studied China and ░░░░░░░░ influence campaigns extensively Peter ░░░░░░░░ the author of the ░░░░░░░░ selling books Blood Money ░░░░░░░░ Handed and Profiles in ░░░░░░░░ Peter good to see ░░░░░░░░ Your reaction to what ░░░░░░░░ ve heard from Tim ░░░░░░░░ He s praised Chinese ░░░░░░░░ as a system where ░░░░░░░░ is the same and ░░░░░░░░ shares Do you believe ░░░░░░░░ the Communist Party has ░░░░░░░░ grooming Tim Walz SCHWEIZER ░░░░░░░░ I think there s ░░░░░░░░ question about it Maria ░░░░░░░░ goes back to the ░░░░░░░░ program that he ran ░░░░░░░░ brought hundreds of students ░░░░░░░░ the United States to ░░░░░░░░ In the early press ░░░░░░░░ Tim Walz describes it ░░░░░░░░ unique and unusual and ░░░░░░░░ a program that nobody ░░░░░░░░ has And at the ░░░░░░░░ time that he s ░░░░░░░░ those students there by ░░░░░░░░ students accounting Tim Walz ░░░░░░░░ saying things like Well ░░░░░░░░ China nobody is poor ░░░░░░░░ everybody shares in China ░░░░░░░░ if sort of the ░░░░░░░░ arm of the CCP ░░░░░░░░ voluntary I mean sharing ░░░░░░░░ voluntary It s a ░░░░░░░░ statement to make There ░░░░░░░░ other comments he made ░░░░░░░░ told students going to ░░░░░░░░ to downplay their Americanness ░░░░░░░░ s an account from ░░░░░░░░ student I haven t ░░░░░░░░ able to independently verify ░░░░░░░░ saying that he brought ░░░░░░░░ lots of copies of ░░░░░░░░ s Little Red Book ░░░░░░░░ he was in China ░░░░░░░░ this is a relationship ░░░░░░░░ s longstanding and it ░░░░░░░░ forward when he joined ░░░░░░░░ and the actions that ░░░░░░░░ was taking in Congress ░░░░░░░░ well BARTIROMO This is ░░░░░░░░ concerning You also have ░░░░░░░░ on a meeting that ░░░░░░░░ had with Premier Li ░░░░░░░░ 2016 SCHWEIZER Yeah This ░░░░░░░░ very interesting He goes ░░░░░░░░ China in 2016 with ░░░░░░░░ few other Democrats He ░░░░░░░░ how he s meeting ░░░░░░░░ Chinese officials and he ░░░░░░░░ Oh I was in ░░░░░░░░ I was here in ░░░░░░░░ in December of 1989 ░░░░░░░░ they said No it ░░░░░░░░ February of 1990 I ░░░░░░░░ in other words they ░░░░░░░░ been tracking him when ░░░░░░░░ was a young man ░░░░░░░░ in that meeting with ░░░░░░░░ Li it s a ░░░░░░░░ example of a Li ░░░░░░░░ and what the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ big help with a ░░░░░░░░ bad mouth Tim Walz ░░░░░░░░ talked about the human ░░░░░░░░ condition in China but ░░░░░░░░ s never in the ░░░░░░░░ of doing anything about ░░░░░░░░ And during this meeting ░░░░░░░░ Premier Li he told ░░░░░░░░ Li Well don t ░░░░░░░░ to the United States ░░░░░░░░ an example of how ░░░░░░░░ do this because we ░░░░░░░░ t know how to ░░░░░░░░ it right either Those ░░░░░░░░ his descriptions of what ░░░░░░░░ told Premier Li So ░░░░░░░░ s this massive moral ░░░░░░░░ which is exactly what ░░░░░░░░ wants from the United ░░░░░░░░ talk about human rights ░░░░░░░░ don t do anything ░░░░░░░░ it and also create ░░░░░░░░ moral equivalence that the ░░░░░░░░ system is not any ░░░░░░░░ than ours That is ░░░░░░░░ what Tim Walz has ░░░░░░░░ over the years.”