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Sen. Cotton: Joe Biden has been soft on China for 47 years

2020-09-08 | 🔗
Trump hits Biden over economic weakness on China; Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton reacts.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Steve you are right about that Griff. Thank you very much. How far are they apart up on Capitol Hill, bring in Arkansas Senator come to the con he joins US senator. We will ask you about the coronavirus bill coming up in a moment, but first you know today is the first day after Labor day. Historically, when the big presidential campaign starts its interesting, there is a u dot. Sa today poll out that says more people expect the president to win the debate than Joe Biden. Independents think that President Trump will win by a margin of ten points. The debates are three weeks from today. What do you think people think that the president is going to come out on top Hi Steve good to be on with you all? I think they believe the president will win, because President Trump has a strong world of accomplishment for the american people, just look where we stand now, six months after this pandemic was unleashed on the world by China. We just had another great jobs report. One point: four million new jobs were created were not back to where we were
in the strongest economy. In my lifetime, but we have beaten the expectation of almost every prediction in part, because Congress, along with the president, passed legislation back in the spring that helped families and businesses survive the peak of this pandemic, but also because the president has led a smart, safe reopening as more states begin to reopen their businesses. I think we are going to see more economic growth, more jobs, whereas Joe Biden would get the country back in lockdown. Just look at what the president said yesterday about China. American people know that Joe Biden has been soft on China for fifty years. He has led the charge to get the most favored nation status or admit them to the World Trade Organization. He said that we should celebrated Chinas rise. President Trump by contrast, has caced down on China and is making them pay for decades of stealing our jobs, our factories, our property and now unleashing this plague on the world, Ainsley im so glad you brought up China, it sets up the next soundbite. This is the president. Talking about China. Listen
if Biden wins, China will own this country, and hopefully you are not going to be able to find that out its the most important election in our history. Right now, under my administration, we will make America into the manufacturing super power of the world and well end our reliance on China once and for all. We will end our reliance on China because we cant rely on China and I dont want them building a military like they are building right now now you can understand why China would much rather see sleepy Joe than Donald Trump as long as im president, we will never waiver in our undying loyalty to the american worker and to our country as a whole, Ainsley senator. Why is it that he is saying he thinks China would rather have Joe Biden in office? Our intelligence community has said that China prefers Joe Biden to Donald Trump and its pretty clear why Joe Biden has been soft on China for forty seven years in public life, whereas President Trump has cracked down on them in the middle of this campaign not twenty years ago. But in the
middle of this campaign, Joe Biden says that China is not our competition. They are not bad folks, thats kind of similar to when he would rather to China other and over again to toast Jinping and celebrate Chinas rise, whereas President Trump has imposed tariffs on China for taking our property and for not trading fairly with the United States. He is now going to take action to make them pay for unleashing this pandemic on the world. Its no surprise that China would rather deal with Joe Biden, who embodies the failed consensus in Washington for thirty years, cold war, that China would somehow become a mature responsible company opposed to the pariah state. They have become Brian, come cotton first, one to say we have to stop flights from China. The respect respected your decision, Joe Biden, is tough on China when he has free agreements there and plays basketball with the President President XI. He has no problem, bringing
letting manufacturing go there, but then he sees the polls. Seventy three percent of Americans look at China in an unfavorable way. Now is he against China and when manufacturing lets bring it back home now. Is he going to do it? Where was he when he was pushing the Tpp building international? I dont know that he can successfully change on dime, meanwhile, a place. The vice president used to work former vice president is the Senate. You guy goes back to work today and the president is not optimistic of any type of rescue deal the latest one. What about you senator? Do you see any give Brian? It will really depend on whether the Democrats drop their unreasonable and outlandish demands back in the spring. When we knew so little about this, how would would impact our health and economy? We passed three dollars trillion in relief spending to help families and businesses get through the worst of the pandemic. The Democrats now, even with all we know, even with cases declining even with the economy, reopening
even with record jobs reports for four straight months, want another three dollars trillion. They want a blank check to find their long standing wish list. Thats thought what we should do. We should have a relief bill that is targeted and calibrated those need it most industries still hard hit like the travel industry or the hospitality industry. We should help those families that are still out of work, maybe because their state hasnt lifted their lockdown orders. We should help schools reopen or stay open in a safe and responsible fashion. We shouldnt just give Nancy Pelosi three dollars trillion to longstanding Brian senator. How do you target that type of money? Everything you have said is right its hard to get from d, dot c fanning across the country, while not backing up these programs. Well, that is right, because the Democrats are unwilling to target the money right now. What we want to do is target it is to give it a more pinpoints accuracy to the places of greatest need for our families, our businesses and our
communities. In the end, the Democrats are also holding out for their holy GRAIL, which is a no strings attached, unconditional bailout for states and cities that have long standing decades old fiscal management problems. Obviously we are not going to do it Steve. That is what the president has said. He said, those states and cities have been run by Democrats for decades and he is not going to bail them out using this particular crisis. Meanwhile, the North Poritco is where the president held an impromptu preference yesterday, in addition to talking about China Senator he was also talking about the New York Times, one thousand six hundred and nineteen project. He does not want to see that used in Americas. Schools here is Potus. I want everybody to know everything they can about our history im, not a believer in cancel culture. If you dont study them, it will happen again. I do want history studied
carefully and accurately we group up with a certain history. They are trying to change our history revisionist history, thats why they want to take down our monuments thats, why they want to take down our statues, Washington Monument they want to rename it d dot C committee, the d dot C committee is all Democrats, Abraham, Lincoln Thomas Jefferson we are talking about. There is the big stuff. Now no, we dont do that. Never going to happen with me. I guarantee you that Steve so senator how big is cancel culture going to be on the list of things people are thinking about on November. The third, I think a lot of Americans are worried about it. Anti american historical revictim of one thousand six hundred and nineteen project worried about their ability to speak their mind freely, whether its at work or in their community for fear. They will be targeted by online mobs or targeted for by their bosses, who want to avoid controversy in the workplace.
The president is right. We are a country thats, build on the equality of all mankind, which leads directly into the rights to speak freely, to say, associate politically to worship, God as you choose, and we should not allow left wing mobs whether they are on the streets on social media, to silence those voices. People should be able to lead their life, their God country, in accordance with their values and.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-08.