The House Oversight Committee plans to detail the Chinese Communist Party‘s ability to “infiltrate” and influence the United States through “political warfare” at a hearing on Wednesday.
In remarks provided ahead of the hearing to the Washington Examiner, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will discuss China’s work to “weaken America” by targeting U.S. infrastructure, food supply, religious communities, and social media. The hearing, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part I,” will begin the Oversight Committee’s government-wide investigation into the CCP’s warfare at 10 a.m.
“For decades, the CCP has sought to infiltrate and influence every aspect of American society,” Comer will say. “Chief among the Party’s tactics is political warfare. Political warfare is meant to influence the emotions, motives, and behavior of Americans in a
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