Well, we Americans are all busy fighting each other.

Our enemies abroad, 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 and 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 how to take

an inch of my moth 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 half million

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