WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.240 FBI Director Cash Bettel says that China may be attacking 2 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:06.679 us with a crazy new fungus. President Trump's allies are 3 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:10.359 on offense to get his legislative agenda passed. Elon Musk 4 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:14.039 is shaming the big spending ways of Congress, and AI 5 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.359 bots may have a liberal bias that could shape the world. 6 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:19.679 It's all tonight on the Matt Gates Show. Let's do 7 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.039 this shaking up Washington, d C. We're breaking the fever. 8 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.320 You haven't watch this guy on television. It's like a machine. 9 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:30.760 He's great. Matt Gates. 10 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:35.600 Good evening. 11 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:38.399 We are on assignment in Washington, DC tonight as the 12 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:41.560 fate of President Trump's legislative agenda is battered about the. 13 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:42.439 Halls of Congress. 14 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.119 We've got a key congressman joining us in moments to 15 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.840 bring us up to date on the negotiations. White House 16 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.479 Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is a hero to 17 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.600 the American right. He has been one of the most 18 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.960 forceful defenders of the One Big, Beautiful Bill. In a 19 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:58.799 series of tweets this week, Miller said, quote, it will 20 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.679 increase by orders of magnitude the scope, scale and speed 21 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:06.120 of removing illegal and criminal aliens from the United States. 22 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.599 For that reason alone, it is the most essential piece 23 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:13.959 of legislation currently under consideration in the entire Western world 24 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:18.359 in generations. Miller noted the Big Beautiful Bill decreases total 25 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.959 spending over the budget window by nearly two trillion dollars, 26 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.560 and he says the Big Beautiful Bill is not an 27 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.959 appropriation's bill. It does not fund ninety nine percent plus 28 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.760 of the government. Zero dollars for Department of Education, zero 29 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.799 dollars for HUD, zero dollars for EPA, not a cent. 30 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:36.439 It cuts taxes, deports the illegals, and reforms welfare. We 31 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.680 could never have dreamed of a bill like this in 32 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.719 twenty seventeen. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has increased his critique of 33 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:46.000 the legislation. He called it a pork filled, disgusting abomination 34 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:49.280 that will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to 35 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.040 two point five trillion dollars and burden American citizens with 36 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:56.359 crushingly unsustainable debt. Musk said, quote interest payments already consumed 37 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.000 twenty five percent of all government revenue. 38 00:01:59.040 --> 00:01:59.840 He's right about that. 39 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.959 If the massive deficit spending continues, there will only be 40 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:06.159 money for interest payments and nothing else. No social Security, 41 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.960 no medical, no offense, nothing close. 42 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:09.479 Quote. 43 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.400 Last night, Freedom Caucus Congressman Eric Burleson lamented that Elon 44 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:15.199 hadn't expressed this few points sooner. 45 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.919 Where was Elon when all the pressure was building and 46 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:23.000 we were clearly at the precipice of getting the point 47 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:24.680 where this bill had to be passed and moved out 48 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.759 of the House, It would have been wonderful to have 49 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:30.599 had you know, Elon chime in. That would have given 50 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:33.199 myself and a lot of the fiscal hawks a lot 51 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:36.479 more leveraged to be able to get more out of 52 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:36.840 the bill. 53 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.520 Congressman Burlson believes that as of tonight, the votes are 54 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.039 not there to pass President Trump's bill in the Senate. 55 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.439 Do you think it has the votes today in the Senate? 56 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:49.520 Probably not, but we'll see. 57 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.439 So if the votes aren't there now and Trump wants 58 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.159 to get the votes, will the bill have to spend less? 59 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.479 Probably in order to get the votes of Ran Paul Rick, 60 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:02.599 Scott Lee, and Ron Johnson. Those are fantastic senators in 61 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:06.439 our book. But Senators Murkowski, Collins, and Holly are still 62 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.039 not indicating support. They seem to be balking at some 63 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:11.560 of the cuts, so for them, the bill might have 64 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:14.199 to spend more. This is the legislative version of a 65 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.080 Chinese finger trap, where pulling in one direction only makes 66 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:18.240 things tighter on the other. 67 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:20.039 Here to help us figure it. 68 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.840 All out is Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogels. So, Congressman, do 69 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.240 you think that there is progress being made in the 70 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.120 Senate to get the votes to pass this bill? 71 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:28.919 Or are you. 72 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.919 Anticipating that the Senate will make some revision and set 73 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:32.639 it back to the House. 74 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.280 Well, you know, I would say that from the House perspective, 75 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:37.680 or at least my perspective, it's big, it's not quite 76 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:38.439 beautiful yet. 77 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:40.639 And so maybe this is the opportunity. 78 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.039 With Elon coming out criticizing the bill, maybe we'll see 79 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.840 some of the Senators make some changes, make some additional cuts, 80 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:50.599 and then likely it'll pass and then it comes back 81 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.680 to us. Now, that'll put a few of my House 82 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:54.319 colleagues in a box, But at the end of the day, 83 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:55.960 that's what we promised the American people. 84 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.759 Have you been in contact with any senators? Are they 85 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.039 getting arms twisted by cabinet officials? You know how it goes. 86 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:06.800 You get calls from people in the White House. 87 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:09.240 You had calls from the President and Vice President. 88 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:13.759 They seem to be engaging directly in public with some 89 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:15.879 of the folks who they think don't see the bill correctly. 90 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.920 Well, I did speak to a senator earlier, and you know, 91 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.800 right now there doesn't seem to be quite a consensus 92 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:24.199 forming in the Senate as what the direction is going 93 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.800 to be. So I think it's kind of what I'll 94 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:31.439 say is Elon I think reset the conversation with his 95 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:34.360 most recent tweets for better or worse but that. But again, 96 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:36.000 I think the Mike Lees and some of the more 97 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.160 conservative senators that emboldens them to try to get more again, 98 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.759 make it truly big and beautiful, not just big, because 99 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.639 right now it's rather large. But I think again, I 100 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.720 think there's the opportunity for them to improve the bill, 101 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.879 to make some aditional cuts. You'll see some of those 102 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.519 more conservative senators come online. And then of course the 103 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:54.319 House votes on it. But like you said, I don't 104 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.319 know that the votes are there if it were to 105 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:57.279 be voted on today. 106 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:00.959 As is Elon and Trump have come to the House 107 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.759 conference before, they've been a unified front. 108 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:06.240 It seems like it's a real pep. 109 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:10.600 Rally environment with your colleagues when they come and now 110 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.279 you're seeing a bit of a different. 111 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:13.160 Message out of both of them. 112 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.759 Do you think maybe it's just a different of a 113 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.480 difference in priorities. You know, for Elon, the priority always 114 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:22.079 really was spending and for Trump and a lot of 115 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.439 his voters, it really was immigration. And that what actually 116 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.959 is intentioned before us is whether you prioritize spending cuts 117 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.040 more than some of the immigration priorities. 118 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:32.959 Yeah, I mean, I think there was two huge wins 119 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:35.480 in the House version making the Trump tax cuts permanent. 120 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.560 That signals to the markets that this is the landscape 121 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:40.120 that you're going to play in. If you're a small 122 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:42.240 business owner, you're going to increase the size or investing 123 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:44.839 your business again, you know, the landscape, but also foreign 124 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.439 investment as well, So it's huge in that regard. And 125 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.360 of course securing the border and deportations. Nashville has been 126 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.120 on the news because the deportations and we're fighting that fight. 127 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:56.800 But like you said, Elon's you know, he was headed doze. 128 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.000 He started Doze creates a legacy of cutting or finding 129 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.360 ways to cut. So there is a difference of priorities. 130 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:03.279 But the end of the day. 131 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:05.399 I think there's the opportunity to get those two things 132 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:07.480 to align. It's going to take some work, but that's 133 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:08.759 why we were elected this job. 134 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:10.639 You brought me right to my next question. 135 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:14.319 You're leading an investigation into the Nashville mayor for some 136 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:18.040 of the open borders policies there. What is the behavior 137 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.279 you hope to change with this investigation. 138 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:24.240 Well, I mean, if look, ICE has been clear, Christynom 139 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:26.920 has been clear, you don't have to agree with ICE, 140 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:29.759 you don't have to help ICE when they come to 141 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:32.839 your community, but you can't interfere. And what we're seeing 142 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.279 or have seen in cities across the country, including Nashville, 143 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:38.800 is that there's an interference. And so now you have 144 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.800 the Metro Police Department, the fire Department, and public works 145 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.399 officials are supposed to snitch on ICE whenever they're in Nashville, 146 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:48.639 and then that's being reported on the city's website at 147 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:52.600 almost real time. Then the city mayor docks the federal agents. 148 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:55.519 So I went to the Chairman of Homeland Security and 149 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.680 the Chairman of Judiciary and we're going to do a 150 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.959 joint investigation to the mayor of Nashville. 151 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:01.000 But I think there's the. 152 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:03.319 Opportunity to think the mayor should have to testify before 153 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.000 the committee, before. 154 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.160 The committee, But then also there's other mayors across the 155 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.839 country that need to be held accountable. When you're putting 156 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.399 law enforcement, federal law enforcement, their life at risk, you 157 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.800 cross the line and there should be some accountability. 158 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:19.399 Speaking of life at risk, I did not believe when 159 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:20.879 I knew we were going to talk today that we 160 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:22.879 would be talking about a China fungus. 161 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:24.720 But here we find ourselves. 162 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.800 Based on any information you have so far, do you 163 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:31.000 think this is an intentional act by the Chinese government? 164 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:33.360 Well, I mean, I can't speak for the Chinese government, 165 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.160 and I've been an out spoken critic of the CCP 166 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:38.879 and an advocate for Taiwan. But that being said, is 167 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:42.240 this individual, he's a researcher. He knew what he had. 168 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.160 He brought it illegally into the country on his phone, 169 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:46.800 and it was hidden right, It was like wadded up 170 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.480 in tissue, tucked in a book, and then on his phone. 171 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:52.800 After further investigation, there was an article dating back to 172 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:57.000 like twenty eighteen on biological warfare. So this guy, I mean, look, 173 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.639 follow the facts, let them be an investigation. To me, 174 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.720 it looks criminal and he should be prosecuted. And quite frankly, 175 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.879 there's a whole host of folks from China here whose 176 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:06.959 visas should be revoked. 177 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:13.079 Yeah, should we rethink allowing our research university labs to 178 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.120 be used by some of these students that are constantly 179 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:17.720 coming back and forth from China. 180 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.600 Well, during the Cold War, we weren't giving visas to 181 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.199 Russian students, So why are we giving visas to Chinese 182 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.959 students who wouldn't we know? 183 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:27.079 China is the enemy. 184 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:29.920 We saw it during COVID, they choked off the supply chain. 185 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.759 We now have biological weapons. They're constantly trying to hack us. 186 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:35.240 So why are we enabling the enemy that's trying to 187 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:35.879 bring us down? 188 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.200 Again? 189 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:38.759 During the Cold War, we didn't do this for Russia. 190 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:40.360 Why would we do this for China? 191 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:41.440 You mentioned Russia. 192 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:45.320 We've got the escalation of tensions in this conflict. President 193 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.279 Trump just announcing that he had a productive call with Putin, 194 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:51.600 but that he is anticipating some sort of Russian response 195 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:55.000 to this Ukrainian drone attack. Where do you see that 196 00:08:55.039 --> 00:09:00.360 conflict going and what steps can Congress tape to align 197 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:02.399 with President Trump and try to bring it to an end. 198 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.600 So I was part of a delegation a few weeks 199 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.879 ago that went to Europe, met with members of European Parliament, 200 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:11.399 also met with members of the Moldovan parliament. And I've 201 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:14.039 long said since that trip. I say long said a 202 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.759 few weeks ago that Russia there would be no peace 203 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.080 in Ukraine until after the Moldovan elections. So there's a 204 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.399 faction within Moldova that's very pro Russian, and so if 205 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.879 they can win Moldovan elections, that will allow that will 206 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.120 open up another flank for Russia into the Ukraine War. 207 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.039 And so until that is reconciled, and we've seen in 208 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:36.840 the Romanian Moldovan elections historically Russian interference, so they have 209 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:40.279 no motive to settle peace or to negotiate peace. 210 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.080 So so we just destined to more death and world war. 211 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:46.279 From late summer early fall is the Moldovan elections, and 212 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.960 nothing's going to happen in my opinion, until after those elections. 213 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.639 If Russia loses in the Moldovan elections, then they'll come 214 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:55.879 to the table for negotiations. If they win, which they 215 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:59.360 just prevailed in the Romanian elections, I think it's spelled 216 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:01.600 trouble for you in the fact that there'll be an 217 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:02.279 additional flank. 218 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.159 Congressman Indiogle's thanks is always for coming on the program 219 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:05.840 and sharing your. 220 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.039 Expertise on a wide array of subjects that seemed to 221 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:09.120 be in the news today. 222 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:11.759 And coming up, we've got more news on the crazy 223 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.440 China fungus. 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Simply go to the app store, search out 255 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:28.320 for a n then enjoy all the great programming offered 256 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:39.799 by Olien, including my show Real America. 257 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.000 We survived the China virus, but these things never come 258 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.200 in ones. FBI director Cash Battel has announced that he 259 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:50.639 disrupted the China fungus. There were two Chinese researchers, John 260 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.679 Yung Chin and Ying I'm sorry, and Lou Zuanyong. They've 261 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:56.960 been charging the United States for attempting to smuggle the 262 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:02.279 toxic fungus Fasarium germanic geranium into the country. This pathogen 263 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:06.240 is known to cause head blight and crops like wheat, barley, corn, 264 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:09.879 and rice. It's considered a potential agro terrorism weapon due 265 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:12.919 to its capacity to devastate agriculture and harm human and 266 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:16.440 animal health. It produces toxins that can lead to vomiting, 267 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.879 liver damage, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock. 268 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:21.080 Sounds awful. 269 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.799 The lab lacked the necessary federal permits to handle these pathogens. 270 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.080 Investigators found messages indicating that one of these students and 271 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:33.519 researchers was already working with the fungus in the lab 272 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:35.279 prior to the arrival of the other. 273 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:35.960 Now. 274 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.360 Lou was intercepted at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in July 275 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.399 with the fungus concealed in his backpack. He initially denied 276 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.200 knowledge of the samples, but later admitted that he intended 277 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.759 to study them with his girlfriend at the Michigan lab. Now, 278 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:54.159 we haven't seen lovebirds working so hard with intelligence assets 279 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:58.480 to disrupt American life like this, since, of course the 280 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.720 FBI Bonnie and. 281 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.039 Kloud i'd love bird duo you see before you. 282 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:05.519 John is currently in custody awaiting a bond hearing, while 283 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.799 Low is back in China and is unlikely a face 284 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.679 extradition due to the absence of a treaty between the 285 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:11.360 two countries. 286 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.399 So maybe this love won't last. 287 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.759 The case has highlighted concerns over biosecurity and the potential 288 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:22.919 misuse of biological agents in acts of agro terrorism. Joining 289 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.840 us now Michigan State Senate Republican leader and gubernatorial candidate 290 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:30.960 Eric Nesbit, Leader Nesbit, How are Michiganders reacting to the 291 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.679 revelation that these Chinese researchers were engaged in this activity 292 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.799 at the University of Michigan. 293 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:39.240 Hey, Matt, thanks for covering this topic. It is so 294 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:44.840 important that we unveil these issues of this Chinese Communist 295 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.639 Party and what they're doing here in Michigan. What these 296 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:52.000 universities are cooperating with the CCP affiliated organizations and doing. 297 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.159 Remember just last year that a student at the University 298 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:58.320 of Michigan voted in the election. We figured there was 299 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.559 actually several dozens that did this. Last year. There was 300 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:08.639 also three folks that were arrested for looking over military 301 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.679 bases in northern Michigan. And at the end of the day, 302 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.519 what we're seeing now with a pathogen coming into this 303 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:19.080 country from students that are affiliate with the Chinese Communist Party, 304 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:22.120 this is wrong. And this is why House Republicans just 305 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:25.960 a few weeks ago past legislation that's now sitting in 306 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.720 the State Senate that the Senate Democrats refused to bring 307 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.919 up as they have a majority in the state Senate 308 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.440 right now. But that would stop this kind of foreign influence, 309 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:40.000 that would make sure that Chinese Communist Party associated companies 310 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.919 can't buy farmland here in Michigan, and that we root 311 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:44.559 out this foreign influence from Michigan. 312 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:50.240 You're running for governor, and if you were governor today, 313 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.879 knowing what we know, would you be expelling Chinese students 314 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:55.639 from the University of Michigan in Michigan State. 315 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:58.360 Oh, I'd be joining with President Trump and doing what 316 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:02.480 he's doing and making sure that these Chinese Communist Party 317 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:07.480 affiliated students don't have visas here to America. That needs 318 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:11.080 to stop making sure that our universities are not cooperating 319 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:17.519 with Chinese Communist Party organizations. That's wrong and needs to end. 320 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.200 And let's be honest, the CCP, they're not our front. 321 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.440 We need to actually stand up, stand together and saying 322 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:28.360 we need to stop this foreign influence, follow what President 323 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:32.240 Trump's doing at the national level, and actually standing up 324 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:35.840 for not just Michigan's interests, but America's interests against those 325 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:38.080 that are trying to infiltrate us and trying to do 326 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.799 wrong and trying to do harm to America. 327 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:47.200 In Michigan, when we think about terrorism, we think about 328 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:51.159 burning buildings, We think about these tragic events where people 329 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:53.759 are run over with cars or shot, but we don't 330 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:57.679 typically think about agri terrorism. Ag is a huge part 331 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.559 of the Michigan economy. If your governor, do you think 332 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.840 we're going to have to start thinking about protecting our 333 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.680 agricultural assets in a different way and how would you 334 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.400 go about doing it? 335 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.720 Somebody who grew up on a sixth generation a dairy 336 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:13.519 and grape farm, I understand how important our agriculture industry 337 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:17.200 is to Michigan, our family farmers, how important they are. 338 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.359 And it's something where You've seen it time after time, 339 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:24.720 whenever President Trump has stood up against Chinese infiltration, whenever 340 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.640 he stood up against the Chinese Communist Party, What do 341 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:32.160 they do? They attack our farmers, they attack agriculture. Is 342 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:35.680 something where we got to take this seriously. Is if 343 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:39.599 we're not protecting our food supply and we're relying on 344 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.240 overseas food supply. When you're from Florida, you understand how 345 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:48.440 important agriculture is. And it's something where we got to 346 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.839 continue to step up and say China is not our front. 347 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:55.519 The Chinese Communist Party wants to destroy America, and it 348 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:59.200 is something where the end of the day that having 349 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:04.240 these research and folks bringing in these kind of weapons 350 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.720 needs to be stopped and we need to get to 351 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:10.480 that next level of stopping them. 352 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:13.039 I've spent a lot of time on the campus of 353 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:14.920 the University of Michigan. I went to a debate camp 354 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:17.400 there over the summers. I was shocked to learn that 355 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:20.720 you all don't have air conditioning in the summer in Michigan. 356 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.920 That would be a human rights violation in the state 357 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:25.759 of Florida. But you made a really interesting point earlier. 358 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:29.000 You said that the University of Michigan was acting in 359 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:32.720 concert with the Chinese Communist Party, and I wondered when 360 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.279 I first saw this story whether or not the university 361 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:39.519 was a victim of infiltration or whether they had taken action, 362 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:43.839 in your eyes, to invite this type of activity from 363 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:47.279 Chinese researchers that could harm agriculture throughout our country. 364 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:50.559 Well, you've seen over the last several years, over the 365 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:54.359 last decade, especially that you have these friends of China, 366 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:59.480 these s American friendship organizations or foundations that the Chinese 367 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.640 Communist Party fund help organize and help build affiliates on 368 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.599 university campuses to try to push curriculum. And we've seen 369 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.960 this time after time, and university after university, and it's 370 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:16.359 a very corrupting because they're always looking for more money 371 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:19.440 and trying to increase these exchanges. You saw that with 372 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:23.599 Tim Watson, some of these exchanges that happened from Minnesota 373 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.200 to China, and you're seeing some of the same stuff 374 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.440 unfortunately in your state of Florida. The University of Florida 375 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.839 rejected are the former president of the University of Michigan 376 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:36.920 just this week. And I think part of it is 377 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:40.440 not just it's beyond this wokeness. This diversity, equity, inclusion 378 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:44.480 is DII. You can't, you know, change who you are 379 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.880 in the history that you are. But it's about time 380 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.039 that I think folks on the writer are standing up. 381 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:51.400 I'm somebody that went to Hillsdale College. You've probably heard 382 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.079 of Hillsdale, one of the few schools in the nation 383 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.559 that don't accept any federal or state aid at all. 384 00:19:57.119 --> 00:20:01.480 Very independent, believes in our founding American excepttionalism. And unfortunately, 385 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:04.319 when you only have three percent of college professors nationally 386 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:07.359 they're actually Republicans, you get this kind of corruption that's 387 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.759 going on. 388 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:13.680 Final question for you, Senator, do you believe that this 389 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:16.640 was an act of war by China against the United States. 390 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.000 If it's not an active war, it's a continued escalation, 391 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:24.200 isn't it. I mean, time after time, you've seen just 392 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:27.359 here in Michigan, a Chinese national voting in our election. 393 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:31.599 Just last year you saw three Chinese getting arrested for, 394 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:34.759 you know, trying to infiltrate a military base here here 395 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:39.039 in Michigan. And now they're bringing in pathogens to attack 396 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:42.960 our food supply, to attack our people. This is this 397 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:45.160 is raw needs to be stopped. We need to join 398 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.720 with President Trump and continue to make sure that we 399 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:53.920 pushed back against these Chinese Communist Party infiltrations around around 400 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:55.079 Michigan and the United. 401 00:20:54.880 --> 00:21:00.640