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Matt Gaetz: “What might look like a Chinese investment in a port might be…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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CHINA, RINOs, & AOC | The Anchormen Show w/ Matt Gaetz & Pearson Sharp

Published | Video Starts at 08:55

Like, they, they aren't the Saudis, they aren't the Japanese, they aren't the South Koreans, they're the Chinese. And so much of what they have is dual use technology. And so What might look like a Chinese investment in a port might be scanning all of the material coming in and out. What may look like a Chinese investment in a manufacturing facility may be utilizing a sequence of drones that is mapping out key infrastructure that's going back to the United States. (08:55–09:03)

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Suggests that Chinese investments in ports could be used for surveillance.

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