The Ledger, every show
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks, across all 44 shows. Pick shows below, then mix any filter with any other.
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every show 44 of 44
Cotton: CIA joined FBI and DOE in assessing COVID-19 lab origin
“Right before the Biden administration left office, the CIA joined the FBI and the Department of Energy's intelligence unit, saying that it almost certainly came from the laboratory.”
Cotton: A Chinese spy targeted Representative Eric Swalwell and American mayors
“Probably the best example of that is Congressman from California, Eric Swalwell, who was targeted by a Chinese spy, apparently had a romantic relationship with her. She had similar relationships with mayors all across America.”
Cotton: TikTok algorithms suppress content on Hong Kong, Tibet, and Tiananmen Square
“And of course, why you can't see anything on TikTok related to say Hong Kong or Tibet or to Tiananmen Square or the Falun Gong. This is a tool of Chinese communist propaganda.”
Cotton: Trump and Hegseth are willing to order military strikes against cartels
“President Trump is certainly willing to do that. Obviously Pete Hexeth is too.”
Cotton: Federal improper payments and entitlement fraud total hundreds of billions
“And we're not talking something here, Joe, that's in the millions of dollars, that the billions or tens of billions. We're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Cotton: Supreme Court will restrict nationwide district court injunctions
“So I think these activist liberal judges are issuing so many of these injunctions that you will see a decision I hope sooner rather than later at the Supreme Court where the Supreme Court using its power the apex of our judicial system outlines the circumstanc…”
Cotton: China runs spies across Washington targeting U.S. government officials
“China has spies running all over Washington DC and elsewhere, targeting intelligence officers, military officers, high ranking government officials.”
Cotton: China pre-positions cyber tools in critical U.S. infrastructure
“They also are some of the most aggressive hackers in the world as well. Targeting government systems, targeting corporate systems, and placing tools in critical infrastructure for moments of tension in the future.”
Cotton: Local and state officials have lobbied him to appease China
“You can have mayors and city councilmen and county executives and state legislators come to Washington and ask their congressman, senator to take it easy on China. It's happened to me.”
Cotton: Trump views Mexican cartel terrorist designations as an initial step
“Declaring them foreign terrorist organizations, unlocking all the tools that we would use against Al Qaeda and ISIS. Around the world is an important step, and I know that President Trump and Pam Bondi and Kash Patel and others who are directly overseeing this…”
Cotton: China's nuclear arsenal will double by 2030 and again by 2035
“They've more than doubled the number of warheads they have since Xi took office. It's gonna double again, our Pentagon estimates, by the end of this decade, and double again by the middle of the next decade.”
Cotton: American investors are buying global ports from Chinese operating companies
“Now President Trump's already getting some results, and a group of American investors are buying out those ports, not just in Panama, but around the world from that Hong Kong company, and I think he, he's committed to taking more action like that, reducing Chi…”
Cotton: Obama required presidential approval for Middle East terrorist strikes
“His policy was you had to call the president to get a strike against some random terrorist in the Middle East.”
Cotton: Presidential rescission bills require only a simple Senate majority
“The president has the authority under the budget act to send a bill to Congress saying, Hey, here's a bunch of spending cuts that I think are appropriate. And I don't want to spend this money. And it in the Senate only requires a majority vote.”
Cotton: Congress will increase focus on spending cuts exposed by DOGE
“Now that we control both the House and the Senate, I think you'll see more focus on eliminating the kind of waste fraud and abuse that Elon Musk and his team have exposed.”
Cotton: China is home to between 70 million and 100 million Christians
“Many people are surprised to learn that China is one of the largest Christian nations in the world, anywhere from 70 to a 1,000,070 to a hundred million Christians there.”
Cotton: China has increased military spending by over 1,000% since 2000
“Since the turn of the century China's increased its military spending by more than 1000%.”
Cotton: 2012 Red Dawn remake digitally swapped Chinese invaders for North Koreans
“About 10 or maybe 12 years ago, there was an effort to remake Red Dawn in a story, a great story again from the Cold War about Communist Russia invading America and teenage kids fighting back like gorillas against them. The movie was remade, and this time arou…”