''Most deeply disturbing': Congressman warns China likely 'grooming' Tim
Walz

'The clock really has run out this time to continue to admire the
problem, and the CCP is pushing forward on every front''

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'U.S. Rep. Eric Burlinson, R-Mo., has slammed the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz
campaign for being more left-wing than Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau, and suggested Walz was groomed by the People's Republic of
China during his tenure as a teacher.

Burlinson is a member of the House Committee on Oversight and
Accountability, which released a report Thursday detailing how the
Chinese Communist Party is carrying out political warfare against the
U.S., and the actions needed to be taken by federal agencies to address
the growing threat.

In the report's executive summary, it states the CCP are engaging in
warfare tactics against the U.S. with "increasing efficacy," including
poisoning Americans with fentanyl, and will do anything to weaken or
destroy its enemy to maintain power, noting this is a "war without
weapons."

The report states these tactics are an "extraordinary and intentional
danger to the American way of life," however, the Biden administration
and other federal agencies are doing little to engage the matter with
any urgency.

During an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Mornings with
Maria Friday, Burlinson said the attacks are coming from several
different fronts.

"It's coming at us from all fronts, they're infiltrating our
universities…they're performing corporate espionage in the United
States, in the agricultural system, you know, while the United States
prided itself as an exporter to China, they have integrated into the
supply chain," Burlinson said.

During his short time in congress, Burlinson stated he has been
surprised by the sheer number of incidents regarding Chinese espionage
and how interwoven into the U.S. the Chinese Communist Party has become,
adding the Biden administration has done little to fix it.

"They need to address this, this needs to be a system-wide global-wide
policy with all of the federal agencies, to make sure that they have a
posture that recognizes the reality which is that we are entering a cold
war with China," Burlinson said.

Burlinson noted the hostility directed toward the U.S. from China needs
to be taken seriously and there needs to be a systematic change.

"The Treasury Department, you know, they want to sell to China but they
don't want to recognize that the Belt and Road initiative is a direct
economic attack on the infrastructure of the United States," Burlinson
said.

In terms of Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov.
Tim Walz, and his relationship with China, Burlinson said the
relationship Walz maintained with China after becoming an elected
official is disturbing.

"I think the most disturbing thing is his involvement with the Macao
Polytechnic University, you know, a Chinese university. I think that
while he was an educator, they were grooming him for the 30 trips that
he took and he organized students to go to China. But the fact that he
became a fellow with a Chinese university after becoming a member of
Congress, that's the most deeply disturbing part of his background with
China," Burlinson said.

The congressman stated he believes China paid for the dozens of trips
that Walz made, and added it is something that needs further scrutiny.

"I don't think Tim Walz with a teacher's salary paid for those 30 trips
… I don't know what the arrangement was, that's something we need to
look into. I understand that he created a business and was receiving
funds to pay for these trips … we need to determine exactly how that
money flowed," Burlinson said.'

'Atlas Organization founder Jonathan D.T. Ward also spoke with
Bartiromo, and said the Chinese are pushing boundaries, which will
eventually come to a head with the U.S.

"I think this is all coming to a head, Maria, I mean we're in the moment
now where, you know, some of our top national security leaders,
including the former head of Indo Pacific Command told us that by 2027,
the PRC is going to be ready and prepared to use force in the Pacific to
potentially go after Taiwan," Ward said.

China has recently been escalating tensions in the South China Sea,
which includes attacking U.S. allies the Philippines, and carrying out
blockade drills around Taiwan, which China claims as its own. China has
further attacked American infrastructure through hacking, used Chinese
nationals as spies in the U.S., including within U.S. political offices,
and undermined the U.S. presidential election by sowing seeds of
division between American voters on social media platforms.

"So we're in that window, I mean this is finally coming to a head. The
clock really has run out this time to continue to admire the problem,
and the CCP is pushing forward on every front … But then they're also
executing a giant military buildup," Ward said.

Ward noted polls show the American people are very much aware of the
growing threat from China, and the majority say they want the U.S.
government to actively work towards constraining the rise of China's
power.

"The people get the problem, and the people get that we have to shut
them down and prevent them from surpassing us. So let's get busy doing
that. There's a whole lot we can do," Ward said.

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