Well, we Americans are all busy fighting each other.

Our enemies abroad, you know, our actual enemies are taking advantage of this, none more so than the nation that started all the chaos in the first place, China.

But with the presidential election in full swing and all the fights we've got going on, is anybody going to be paying attention?

We'll get into it.

This is Verdict with Ted Cruz.

Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz.

I'm Michael Knowles.

Senator, I feel like America has been very introspective over the past few months.

We're all arguing over what statues to keep up and arguing

over brands and taking Antiamima off of bottles. Meanwhile, we do have actual enemies out there,

enemies who are encroaching on our interests, who are trying to undermine our country. Is anybody

paying attention to that? Look, it is a dangerous world, and I got to tell you,

the enemies of America are thrilled to see America ripping itself apart, and America divided,

and they're using this opportunity. Front and center, number one on that list is China.

You and I have talked about many times how I think China is the greatest geopolitical

threat to the United States over the next century. And China, where the coronavirus originated

in Wuhan, China, and their deliberate cover-up and censorship allowed it to spread across the globe, allowed it to cost

over a half million lives and trillions of dollars in economic value. China is using this

opportunity right now to expand its influence, expand its power. And while we're having rioting

in our streets, China is very quietly but very deliberately crushing Hong Kong democracy beneath its jackboots.

And it's really dangerous.

Well, I want to get into some of these specific cases because I feel they're not being covered at all.

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