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Mike Garcia: “We now call [China] a peer threat.”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 1:50:26

But when you come to this country illegally, you need to be held accountable, and we need to be eyes wide open that a country that we used to call a near peer threat just five years ago, peer threat five years ago, We now call [China] a peer threat. And I have seen all of. I have every clearance in the world. I have seen poor classified data. It's like the opposite of a therapy session. (1:50:26–1:50:30)

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