Thread by @hughhewitt

Audio/transcript: This AM's interview w/ @SenTomCotton re #BigTech: hughhewitt.com/senator-tom-co… 1

"TC: So it is a concern that any American company like Google or Hikvision or anyone else would cooperate w/the Chinese Communist Party knowing that technology is going, is being used for the mass detention, reeducation, Soviet-style, of millions of Uighurs in Northwest China. 2

And that’s not just a matter of human rights. It’s also a strategic concern, because China wants to secure its hinterland so it can project power outside of the Chinese mainland and threaten the United States. 3

So I think it’s a serious concern, and I would encourage every American company not to do business with the Chinese Communist Party on those terms, especially if you have sensitive technology that can be used by the Chinese Communist Party, and the People’s Liberation Army 4

to challenge the United States in geopolitics, or to engage in mass oppression of the Chinese people.

HH: One minute left, would that admonition include Facebook, which it seems to be so innocuous to people, right? They’re sharing pictures of kids and grandchildren. 5

HH (cont) Should Facebook be selling its wares to China?
TC: That would very include Facebook, Hugh, or again, any tech company or social media company, any kind of advanced manufacturing company. 6

I mean, one of the things the President, one of the steps the President has taken towards Huawei and ZTE is to cut them off from the advanced components like semiconductor chips they need to build 5G networks around the world. 7

We should not be the proverbial capitalist to sell the rope the communists will use to hang us all." 8 @SenTomCotton on the radio program this Thursday AM: hughhewitt.com/senator-tom-co…