CTH: ODNI John Ratcliffe made an interesting, frightening & stunningly open direct statement yesterday when he described intelligence evidence that China is putting on a full-court press against governors and local officials to retain their influence campaign in 2020.
boils down to Beijing threatening economic blackmail against U.S. officials who were comfortable being reliant on local Chinese investment and purchases of U.S. companies, assents and interests.
With that stark statement in mind; and keeping the full national security ramifications in the forefront; it is worth remembering a foreboding speech given by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in February.
This is specifically important now against the backdrop of how some U.S. politicians appear to be reacting to the COVID-19 challenges, perhaps even weaponizing the virus to achieve political objectives; and with a perspective toward the way media outlets, some businesses and many politicians appear to be influenced by China. The background context for this speech takes on an entirely new dimension.
Pompeo’s remarks were made to the National Governors Association (NGA) Feb 8, 2020; and there’s an interesting segment where Pompeo reveals his awareness of a list of U.S. governors compiled by China’s communist party; and their alignment with China’s interests. more
Any elected official taking a payoff from China to cause chaos needs a one way trip to Gitmo followed by a firing squad. Enough of this goddamn traitorous shit. JFC.
TheMule, treason is not a crime anymore. Hasn’t been for years.
I have a feeling this is the part where the dems and pubs show some bipartisanship.
Different Tim, you think so? Seems to me they are on the same team. And it’s not the team we are on.
OK, I re-read your comment. We might be saying the same thing.
@ joe6pak,
But acting as an unregistered foreign agent is…. Not hangable but still……….
Come on man ,they’re good people.
And I never discussed China with Hunter.
They ALL are – including the rats of the GOP.
Agents taking payouts from an enemy government makes them spies.
There’s a permanent cure for that.
What part of “Globalists” did y’all miss? Any of the pols who have been sympathetic to China in the past 20-plus years and who, today, are still defending China should be considered a suspect.
Trump tried to give them the chance to repent and do the right thing by America. Time’s up. Whether or not we’ll ever actually see anyone go to prison remains to be seen.
Japan pulled this kinda shit in the 70’s through the 80’s. Got arrogant, overextended themselves, pissed off a lot of Americans..
Where are they now, politically & globally?
What goes around definitely comes around
Well………….this explains why freddos brother called it the European virus during the dnc tv show