The developing scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has captivated the media and politicians. I am always glad when we show signs of waking up to the danger facing our country from the Communist Chinese. Depending on the actual facts, this could be very serious. But the hypocrisy already on display by the Left is breathtaking.
The Left is demanding to know if Huang lobbied the White House to go easy on China trade. I can save them a lot of time and money. Of course he did! American corporations have been lobbying the White House and Congress to be nice to China for decades. Every president and every member of Congress have experienced it. The corporations do this because they want to make billions of dollars in China.
In 2000, Congress voted to give Communist China “most favored nation” trade status after heavy lobbying from our business community. President George W. Bush was all for it. He and I had heated exchanges in several presidential debates in 2000. He insisted that more trade with Communist China would change China and make them more free. I argued that trade with China would more likely change America and make us blind to their human rights violations and military build-up.
For taking this position, I was attacked on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal. Several major business donors that supported me at the time warned that if I continued to oppose more trade with Communist China, they would withdraw their support. I did not stop and they did say “good-bye.”
Over the years, every time a Chinese leader came to Washington, they would fly into New York City first to visit their “friends” on Wall Street. Then they would come to D.C. sending a clear message to whoever was president.
Fast forward to today. Our trade with China has destroyed entire American industries. Our political elites did nothing while we became dependent on China. President Trump is doing everything he can to end America’s dependence on Communist China for rare earth minerals, prescription drugs, chemicals, drones and other key technology needs. He has made great progress, but we aren’t there yet.
The Democrats And Communist China
It is really amazing to hear the increasingly socialist/Marxist Democrats express concern about whether the Marxist/Maoists who control Communist China took advantage of or got information from the CEO of Nvidia.
Let’s “run the tape.”
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Between 2011 and 2015 a Chinese intelligence agent named Christine Fang targeted California politicians; most notably Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA). The congressman slept repeatedly with Fang Fang, as she was affectionately known. He served on the sensitive House Intelligence Committee at the time. When Republicans demanded he be removed from the committee the Democrats and much of the media defended Swalwell. Meanwhile, Fang Fang fled the U.S. before she could be arrested. She is probably being richly rewarded in Beijing.
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For nearly two decades, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), employed an individual who was an informant for China’s Ministry of State Security. That entity is similar to our CIA. His “handlers” operated out of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. Feinstein’s staffer served as her personal driver and was the liaison to the Asian American community. When it was revealed that the employee worked for the Chinese Communists, he was allowed to retire early.
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Linda Sun operated as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in New York Democrat political circles. She served as deputy chief of staff for Governor Kathy Hochul who just won re-election. She also worked for former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Sun’s main responsibility was to block representatives of Taiwan from meeting with New York governors like Cuomo and Hochul. She and her husband allegedly received financial benefits worth millions of dollars from the Chinese Communists.
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Eileen Wang was mayor of Arcadia, California. She was involved in pushing pro-Beijing propaganda that downplayed that nation’s human rights violations. Federal prosecutors charged her with being an illegal agent for Communist China.
I could go on forever. Don’t forget Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota who was the Democrats vice presidential candidate in 2024. He has a long, questionable record, including at least 15 trips over the years to Communist China, including taking young Americans there to hear Chinese Communist propaganda.
AOC’s Political “Prophecy”
Last month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this about Abdul El-Sayed running for the senate in Michigan, “… if Abdul can win in Michigan, anybody can win anywhere. Anywhere.” She meant leftist-Islamist candidates could prevail wherever they run, not just in the big cities if El-Sayed won. Well, he did win and he is already emerging as a national figure.
We can expect a host of such candidates in 2028. One of them just announced he will challenge Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman in the Democrat primary. Senator Fetterman is pro-Israel, condemns anti-Semitism and is willing to work with Republicans.
The challenger is Ahmed Moor, a Gaza-born Palestinian American who has been active in Philadelphia Democratic politics, but has held no previous elected office. His platform is universal free childcare, socialized government-run health care, a nationwide wealth tax and abandoning Israel, of course. He will be the first of many.