‘CANNOT’ let China take Taiwan: Rep McGuire WARNS of Xi Jinping’s threats

MIKE: JEFF PAUL, THANKS VERY. MUCH. FOR MORE NOW ON THIS, WITH ME IN. STUDIO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN. JOHN McGUIRE FROM THE. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. HE SITS ON THE HOUSE ARMED. SERVICES COMMITTEE. CONGRESSMAN, WELCOME. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, MIKE. MIKE: SO WHAT IS YOUR REACTION. TO THE WAR GAMES WE'RE SEEING OF. TAIWAN POTENTIALLY PREPARINGNG R. THE CHINA THREAT. >> I THINK IT'S VERY NECESSARY, YOU KNOW? THE NAVY SEALS WE SAY THE MORE. YOU SWEAT IN PEACE, THE LESS YOU. BLEED IN WAR. AND XI JINPING HAS OPENLY SAID.

THAT HE WANTS TO TAKE OVER. TAIWAN, AND THEY'RE A VERY. IMPORTANT ALLY TO US ESPECIALLY. WITH CHIPS AND TECHNOLOGY. OF WE CANNOT LET, CANNOT LET XI. JINPING TAKE OVER AN ALLY LIKE. THAT. MIKE: OBVIOUSLY, CHINA'S NOT. HAPPY ABOUT IT. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON SELLING $14. BILLION IN ARMS TO TAIWAN? >> I THINK IT'S VERY NECESSARY. THEY'RE A VERY IMPORTANT ALLY, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE IN A RACE. FOR AMOUNT I. AND QUANTUM AND IS. TAIWAN. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR FRIENDS.

MIKE: ONE OF THE PENTAGON'S TOP. POLICY ADVICERS WANTS TO GO --. ADVISERS WANTS TO GO TO BEIJING. THE CHINESE ARE SAYING NO SO. FAR. DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? BECAUSE HE'S BEEN KNOWN AS A. CHINA HAWK. >> YEAH, IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. IT'S BASICALLY A COMMUNIST. COUNTRY, AND COMMUNISM IS ABOUT. POWER AND CONTROL. AND IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT. OPINION OR WANT TO GO A. DIFFERENT DIRECTION, THEY. ELIMINATE YOU. MIKE: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE. FOR RE-ELECTION. YOU'RE FACING OFF AGAINST A. FORMER CONGRESSMAN, TOM PER.

YELLOW, WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO. THAT RACE? >> THE BIGGEST THING IS WHAT'S. HAPPENED IN NEW YORK, MICHIGAN. AND WISCONSIN. WHAT I WOULD TELL THEM IS THESE. PROBLEMS ARE ALL ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, COMMUNIST RUSSIA, TO. DESTABILIZE THE MIDDLE EAST, THEY USED MASS IMMIGRATION. THEY WEAPONIZED IMMIGRATION TO. DESTABILIZE THE REGION. BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S THE. DEMOCRATS USING SOCIALISM OR. COMMUNISM SUPPORTING THE OPEN. BORDERS AND THE MASS MIGRATION. TO DESTABILIZE TO OUR COUNTRY. AND I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN WILL THE DEMOCRATS STOP.

BEING FOR THEM AND START BEING. FOR US? AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN. WILL THE DEMOCRATS STOP BEING. FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO. DESTROY OUR COUNTRY AND START IS. BEING FOR AMERICANS IN IT'S. GOING TO BE A BIG RACE, AND IT'S. GOING TO BE COMMON SENSE VERSUS. CRAZY COMMUNISM BECAUSE. EVERYTHING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS. DOING RIGHT NOW IS CRAZY. COMMUNISM. MIKE: PE ARE RIELO LOST IN THE. MIDTERMS 16 YEARS AGO. DOES IT SURPRISE YOU HE'S TRYING. TO MAKE A COMEBACK? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT.

DIDN'T PICK HIM. I BELIEVE GEORGE SOROS-FUNDED. ALLIES PICKED HIM, AND HE'S BEEN. HIGHLY FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS. WHO, AGAIN, DURING THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION, TOM PERIE --. PERIELO LED THE OPEN FOUNDATION. SOCIETY. 15-20 MILLION ILLEGAL L CRIMINAL. ALIENS CAME INTO OUR COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE. WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN? INFLATION IS UP. WHAT DO YOU THINK -- WHERE ARE. THEY GOING TO SLEEP?

THEY'VE OVERWHELMED OUR. RESOURCES, OUR HOSPITAL, OUR. SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MIKE: WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM. CONSTITUENTS WHEN YOU'RE OUT. TALKING TO THEM ABOUT ANOTHER. TERM? >> WELL, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE. WON OUR PRIMARY ON TUESDAY. 85% OF THE VOTE, WHICH IS. AMAZING. OUT OF 303 PRECINCTS, WE WON 300. WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE. ENDORSEMENT THAT THEY'RE HAPPY. WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH. CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND HELPING. PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY, AS A CONGRESS. CONGRESSMAN WE REPRESENT ALMOST. 800,000 PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA'S 5TH.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. PRICES, SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THE. FUEL PRICES DOWN. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEY'D LIKE TO SEE US FINISH. UP WHAT'S GOING ON IN IRAN, AND. WE ALL DO. BUT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THE. THREAT WAS TOO GREAT TO WAIT. I HOPE WE RESOLVE IT SOON. MIKE: HOW'S THE NEW GOVERNOR. PLAYING IN YOUR DISTRICT? >> WE CALL HER THE GREATEST. EXAMPLE OF A BAIT AND SWITCH. POLITICIAN. IN RICHMOND, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE. PROPOSED OVER 50 NEW TAXES. HOW IS THAT AFFORDABILITY? AND THEN THEY VOTED TO GIVE.

THEMSELVES A 300% PAY RAISE. NOW, LET'S CONTRAST TO TOM PE. RIELO. WHEN HE WAS IN CONGRESS, HE RAN. AS A PRO-LIFE, PRO-GUN DEMOCRAT. THEN HE APOLOGIZED FOR SAYING HE. WAS PRO-LIFE AND SAID THE NRA IS. A BUN 7 OF GUN NUTS, SO -- BUNCH. OF FUN NUTS. HE'S A BAIT AND IS SWITCH. HE'LL SAY AND DO ANYTHING TO GET. ELECTED AND THEN DO SOMETHING. DEFERENT.