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What Congress’ China Committee Chairman Would Ask Candidates at GOP Presidential Debate

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The second Republican presidential debate is set for Wednesday night, and if Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, were the debate’s moderator, he knows what he would ask the candidates relating to China. “Maybe the most obvious question is perhaps the most important, which is: ‘Why should an average American care about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party?'” he says. “It may be obvious to those of us who work in D.C. or people who work at think tanks in D.C., but at times I fear it can seem like a distant “over-there” threat, when my view is very much that it’s a “right-here-at-home-threat” and a threat to American sovereignty,” says Gallagher, who is also chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation.  Gallagher, also member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, adds: Perhaps the most important policy question, though, is: “What is your plan for rebuilding American military power in order to deter a war with China over Taiwan?”And then, if they want to stoke debate, they can ask questions about TikTok, because candidates have different opinions about whether we should ban TikTok, force a sale, or do nothing at all.Gallagher joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss some key issues relating to China that he thinks candidates should be focused on and address while campaigning, along with his pitch to young voters who are on TikTok about why the Chinese app should be banned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why should an average American care about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party?

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At times I fear it can seem like a distant, over-their threat.

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When my view is very much that it's a right here at home threat and a threat to American

0:14.0

sovereignty.

0:20.6

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, September 27.

0:24.8

I'm Samantha Cheris, and that was Representative Mike Gallagher, Chairman of the

0:29.9

Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

0:33.4

The second Republican presidential debate is being held on Wednesday in California, Chairman

0:38.5

Mike Gallagher joins today's show to discuss what, as Chairman of the Select Committee

0:43.8

on the Chinese Communist Party, he would ask the candidates, some key issues relating

0:49.1

to China that he thinks candidates should be focused on and address while campaigning

0:54.8

and much more.

0:56.6

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