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They're not the same as Russia. They're much more dangerous. The way they've cheated since they joined the World Trade Organization about 20 years ago,

by stealing secrets, by subverting everything that's good in the United States.

Congressman Rich McCormick sees communist China as America's greatest external threat.

We now are in a new evolution of warfare where we're heavily reliant on technologies.

This has changed conventional warfare forever.

He's a decorated veteran who served over 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy

as a helicopter pilot and a Marine Corps officer. As a lawmaker,

he has co-sponsored legislation to challenge the CCP's rampant economic espionage and tech

influence campaigns and a resolution to formally recognize Taiwan. Before taking office, he was

an emergency room physician and treated COVID-19 patients. The trouble is when the government starts to define what's truth and what's moral and what's right.

They can use any emergency to take control of your life.

I was labeled as a quack or as somebody who should be removed from my licensing

because what I said wasn't the same as the government.

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanyi Kellek.

Congressman Rich McCormick, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.

It's great to be with you today. Thanks for having me.

So recently, three U.S. Army soldiers were indicted for spying for the CCP, for the Chinese Communist Party. What's your reaction?

We've had this problem in the past with Russia. You can see we have a new peer adversary.

China has taken the place of Russia as our greatest adversary, greatest threat.

They're on par with us militarily. They have a greater population. They're closing the gap with us on GDP.

So in other words, that's economic power, much more powerful than Russia ever was. When you

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