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Mike Johnson: “Since I came to Congress eight years ago, we referred to…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Inside Washington with Speaker Mike Johnson and Pastor Greg Laurie

Published | Video Starts at 22:59

Oh, yeah. And they actually do have the capability to fire weapons of mass destruction. And of the threats, China is the greatest in terms of military threat. Since I came to Congress eight years ago, we referred to China as a near peer to peer adversary. just because of their size and scope and what they've been doing. Is that fairly recent, would you say, or has that been. (22:59–23:05)

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Asserts that China has been referred to as a near peer to peer adversary for eight years.

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