Thread by @Malinowski

I'm at the Munich Security Conference, part of an annual bipartisan delegation once led by John McCain. We're here to say that whatever our differences at home, Congress still believes the freedom & security of America depends on standing by and with our democratic allies.#MSC

On Friday, we spoke w/Canada's Justin Trudeau about our new US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement, and the need for a common NATO-like front of democratic countries against dictatorships like China that wrongly imprison our citizens.

We met @SecPompeo and I pressed him to defend the State Department and its career employees against those who spread crackpot conspiracies of a "deep state" and who attack the very idea of non-partisan public service, which is a foundation of our democracy.

All of us, Democrats & Republicans, are urging Germany and other allies not to allow Chinese state controlled companies like Huawei to build our 5G infrastructure. That would compromise our security, privacy, and ultimately freedom.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-u…

But the bigger challenge is that our diplomats can't rally Europeans to defend our common values of democracy against autocracy if our president keeps insulting them and questioning those very values. Congress can try to speak for a better America, but we can't do it alone.