Sen. Cotton: Chinese Smuggling Fungus Are ‘Curious Scientists’ Just Like Those at the Wuhan Lab

KILMEADE In your book ░░░░░░░░ Things You Can t ░░░░░░░░ About China you really ░░░░░░░░ the country to what ░░░░░░░░ danger is Now we ░░░░░░░░ out specifically We have ░░░░░░░░ two Chinese Michigan students ░░░░░░░░ CCP ties accused of ░░░░░░░░ a dangerous agro terrorism ░░░░░░░░ into the U S ░░░░░░░░ explanations are ridiculous Do ░░░░░░░░ really think that these ░░░░░░░░ two renegade students looking ░░░░░░░░ create havoc Or do ░░░░░░░░ think they re curious ░░░░░░░░ Do you think this ░░░░░░░░ CCP inspired COTTON Yeah ░░░░░░░░ just like the curious ░░░░░░░░ at the Wuhan labs ░░░░░░░░ wanted to research bat ░░░░░░░░ coronaviruses Look we don ░░░░░░░░ know the full story ░░░░░░░░ but it s clear ░░░░░░░░ what the FBI and ░░░░░░░░ Department of Justice released ░░░░░░░░ that they re up ░░░░░░░░ no good And I ░░░░░░░░ it s a pretty ░░░░░░░░ default position that any ░░░░░░░░ national who gets an ░░░░░░░░ visa from China to ░░░░░░░░ to one of America ░░░░░░░░ universities is probably linked ░░░░░░░░ the Chinese Communist Party ░░░░░░░░ the People s Liberation ░░░░░░░░ That s one reason ░░░░░░░░ President Trump has said ░░░░░░░░ re going to start ░░░░░░░░ restricting visas from hostile ░░░░░░░░ like China We don ░░░░░░░░ want a lot of ░░░░░░░░ spies running around America ░░░░░░░░ premier research institutes And ░░░░░░░░ s why I m ░░░░░░░░ legislation that would prevent ░░░░░░░░ for these research institutions ░░░░░░░░ they are hosting nationals ░░░░░░░░ adversarial foreign countries like ░░░░░░░░ KILMEADE I just don ░░░░░░░░ understand why we re ░░░░░░░░ 150 000 plus Chinese ░░░░░░░░ to come here Some ░░░░░░░░ potential threats from China ░░░░░░░░ seeds as you just ░░░░░░░░ spy craft you got ░░░░░░░░ surveillance craft crossing the ░░░░░░░░ S you know about ░░░░░░░░ balloons You also know ░░░░░░░░ ve infiltrated all in ░░░░░░░░ White House communications That ░░░░░░░░ why they re using ░░░░░░░░ Signal app The land ░░░░░░░░ of Chinese companies by ░░░░░░░░ installations cranes at U ░░░░░░░░ ports And TikTok By ░░░░░░░░ way as evil as ░░░░░░░░ gets we have to ░░░░░░░░ what the Senate and ░░░░░░░░ want you to do ░░░░░░░░ ban it But when ░░░░░░░░ comes to land purchases ░░░░░░░░ governor in Arizona pushed ░░░░░░░░ on that and vetoed ░░░░░░░░ How does that make ░░░░░░░░ sense COTTON Well it ░░░░░░░░ t make sense to ░░░░░░░░ Brian You know in ░░░░░░░░ we ve restricted the ░░░░░░░░ of land by Chinese ░░░░░░░░ Again there s a ░░░░░░░░ safe default assumption until ░░░░░░░░ wrong that Chinese nationals ░░░░░░░░ coming into the United ░░░░░░░░ and buying up land ░░░░░░░░ sensitive land like land ░░░░░░░░ Air Force bases or ░░░░░░░░ critical infrastructure or vast ░░░░░░░░ of our farmland are ░░░░░░░░ linked to the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ Party or the People ░░░░░░░░ Liberation Army So I ░░░░░░░░ it s a common ░░░░░░░░ step that the Arizona ░░░░░░░░ tried to take Unfortunately ░░░░░░░░ Democratic governor in a ░░░░░░░░ action, vetoed that legislation.”