I hope that those of us who have worked in a bipartisan way to support the GEC, will continue to do that.
I am of the belief that the GEC needs to take a primary, rather than secondary role when it comes to the way in which we counter misinformat...
My sense is that the way that we compete with China successfully, is to not be China.
There has got to be a point at which we walk away.
It seems to me that President Saied has made up his mind to move away from a success story of democracy in Tunisia, towards a neo-autocracy.
The eyes of the world and the nation are rightly focused on Ukraine, on our broad set of competition, challenges with China; the Middle East...
There is really no way to combat Russian misinformation, their propaganda efforts, which are integral to their campaign against Ukraine; or ...
President Saied has turned his back on democratic norms, has engaged in a pretty repressive and overwhelming crackdown on dissent.
I just wanted to congratulate you and your team on the work that you have done on those two important achievements.
I kind of feel like they have made their decision, and I think that our funding and our policy should reflect that.