“We deserve to never know about this data space on social media and how the Chinese Communist Party has communist-run entities on each and every one of our children’s mobile phones that transmit deeply leaked data, designed for our young people here to undermine their rights. concept and understanding of the United States and our core concepts,” Pompeo said. “This is the Xi Jinping who unleashed a virus on the world that killed millions of people, totaling more than a million in the United States. He is rarely referred to. “
“It’s hard to believe what an astonishing effect COVID has had on the world, and yet no one has held Xi Jinping accountable, not yet for his lab leak, which occurred,” Pompeo continued. “It’s not because he once found out that there was a leak in his laboratory of a relatively deadly and relatively contagious virus, he imposed it on a global level. He made the resolution to hide the data, hide the information, close researchers and put thousands of other people on planes and having them travel around the world with the death, destruction and economic damage that followed. This is precisely the same Xi Jinping running here in the United States in opposition to us.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind. , explained how Pompeo warned U. S. governors to worry too much about the CCP.
“As Washington becomes increasingly aware of the Chinese threat, the CCP has targeted many of our states’ governors. This morning, the Washington Post published an article about the efforts of the CCP’s “united front” [to] accentuate its commitment to our nation’s mayors. “Including the mayor of Carmel, Indiana, in my state,” Banks told Pompeo. “The former mayor has just left office, has made extensive trips to China, and engaged at a high level with Chinese officials in his country. Why the mayors of our country? To remove this kind of entanglement with dual city projects and other PCCs?United Front efforts? »
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In Wisconsin, President Mike Gallagher’s home state, Pompeo said, “They’ve made it difficult for the state legislature. “»
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a House hearing on the Chinese Communist Party on Jan. 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“They are determined to spread their efforts. They need to make friends so that when they’re confronted, they can turn to their friends and say, ‘After all, we’re not that bad,'” Pompeo said. The Chinese Communist Party is bad, it will act at all levels of government, it will also act against our private sector. They’ll show up at PTA meetings, if that’s what it takes. It is an effort at all levels of the Chinese government. Communist party.
“When the Chinese Communist Party shows up at your school and is lazy, it’s not because you care about your children’s health,” Pompeo added. “This is the simplest way to articulate the systems of dual cities and Confucius. “On all those ‘united front’ efforts within our country. . . They could show up and give a temporary boost, but at the end of the day, it’s up to them, not us. “
Breaking with the bipartisan nature of the hearing, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass. , said Jan. 6, 2021, was Xi’s “best day in office” and demanded that Pompeo affirm under oath “that Joe Biden was duly elected in one of the most relaxed and fair elections. “
In response, Pompeo said, “Well, so much for the bipartisanship of this committee. Well done, sir, you destroyed that. “
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, listens to testimony from former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at a House hearing on Jan. 30, 2024 (Alex Wong/Getty Images).
“Of course, President Biden is the duly elected president of the United States,” Pompeo said.
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“I wish Secretary Clinton would be so clear about her election as well,” he added.
Pompeo went on to say, “We’ve had a transition of nonviolent force from the Trump administration to the Biden administration. I’m there for that. “
“We’re going to have partisan disagreements about a lot of things,” Pompeo said. “It is a fact that three years ago the world was less conflicted than it is today. Secretary of State [Antony] Blinken said that never since 1973 has the Middle East been so dangerous. I agree with him on that point. That was a fact. Three years ago, because we established a style of deterrence that was successful in preventing the invasion of Europe, the debacle in Afghanistan and smart paints. That’s what we did: you’ll remember that the Trump administration was actually the first to supply defensive weapons. Systems in Ukraine when the Obama administration had concluded that it might not or would not. It wasn’t partisan, it wasn’t political. It was a smart policy.
Leon Panetta, left, and Mike Pompeo are sworn in at the House Select Committee hearing on Jan. 30, 2024 (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images).
Pompeo and Panetta, who also served as CIA directors, describe themselves as friends. They also discussed the confrontation in Ukraine.
“The only way to avoid war with China, the only way to deal with China, is through the use of force,” Panetta said. “China and Russia have become more competitive when they sensed the weakness of the United States. And that’s why for this reason, we will have to take firm action to arm and exercise Taiwan to protect itself, for our posture of strength, to invest in the next generation of military technology, for our alliances, and to maintain strict export controls on critical technologies. . »
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“We lost deterrence in Ukraine,” Pompeo said later in the hearing. “We shouldn’t applaud ourselves for rallying NATO. That’s great, I’m glad the Europeans stood up. But we should remember, we did not conduct American foreign policy with the diplomatic excellence and the military power to actually convince Putin not to invade Ukraine. We have to win these things. It is insufficient to catch incoming missiles. You have to hold your adversary at risk.”
“My effort as secretary of state to remind the world that if we weren’t endangering the CCP, if we were simply playing a defense role economically and diplomatically, we would let a spy balloon fly over our country for five days and then hold a press conference. “. Lecture pronouncing how brilliant it is to shoot and fire a shot over South Carolina: Xi Jinping understands that he is on offense, we are on defense,” he added. “And it’s not a smart position for the United States. “
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