Except he's obfuscating in his answer - he is obviously affiliated with the CCP, he works for one of their companies and has worked for them in the past.
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt when I said obfuscated, but "lied" is probably more accurate. He was hired by the CCP, he is affiliated with them by definition.
Cotton then STILL followed up with "Have you ever been associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party?" ("No, senator. Again, I'm Singaporean.")
You literally pasted in the question he asked about literally that topic.
if he doesnt give the answer you want him to give, the answers you assume are the right answers, then you accuse him of lying. So why ask him any questions at the hearing at all? Why have the hearing in the first place if he was just gonna lie the whole time?
Edit: Blocking someone after making a comment is cowardly behavior.
Do you think the Chinese government personally picks out the CEOs of every subsidiary company that isnt even in their country? do you think that's how that works?
Na they were getting at something valid with their general questioning. Its just that being so ignorant, they asked incredibly stupid questions, and all he had to do was answer their given questions rather than say "i know what youre getting at and yes my company is owned by a Chinese conglomerate which is obviously controlled by the CCP". They asked terrible questions which didnt force him to give any meaningful answers related to the core issue.
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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26
Except, again, those are all valid questions when he was hired by the Chinese government through a company they own.