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James Traficant: “The country that tried to buy our presidency is now a country that holds the fate of the U.S. economy in its claws.…”

On the recordJuly 24, 1997
The country that tried to buy our presidency is now a country that holds the fate of the U.S. economy in its claws. While politicians in Washington are playing politics, China is now holding the third largest United States debt, right behind England and Japan. Beam me up. And make no mistake, the people running China are Communists. Communists do not give a damn about democracy, and Communists have never supported America. Beware, Democrats alike, do not take China lightly and do not take John Huang lightly. Huang just did not have friends at the Commerce Department, Huang has friends in high Communist places.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing China's influence on the U.S. economy and political landscape.

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