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Josh Hawley: “They've stood up institutes like the Confucius Institutes on…”

Featuring: Josh Hawley, Republican | U.S. Senate Missouri

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Senator Hawley On "Special Report with Bret Baier" | 02.04.26

Published | Video Starts at 03:46

We don't know if this is true in this case, but we know it's true in other cases. On our university campuses, for example, to try to get access to top research, They've stood up institutes like the Confucius Institutes on our campuses that the Chinese government has directed, directly funded. to try to get access to. This is a pattern that we've seen. We need to be mindful of this and we need to be on guard against CCP efforts to infiltrate and influence us here at home. (03:46–03:54)

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Asserts that the Chinese government funds Confucius Institutes on U.S. campuses.

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