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John Ratcliffe: “The Biden administration tells you today [that Chinese spy…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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John Ratcliffe: This was an unprecedented national security breach

Published | Video Starts at 01:09

Thousands, maybe tens of thousands of Americans saw this thing with the naked eye as it went from one end of the country to the other. And now what The Biden administration tells you today [that Chinese spy balloons] were happening during the Trump administration. but apparently objects that you could see clearly in 2023 were there in the Trump years, but no one was able to see them. I mean, it's just absurd. (01:09)

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Asserts that the Biden administration claims Chinese spy balloons were present during the Trump administration.

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