lot as you try to look into the soul of ron desantis absolutely, joe and it shows the distance between the time when ronald reagan made the statement you just quoted and now. in some ways, it is not only cruel, it is monstrous you know, it s this kind of contradiction that has defined, in some ways, the country. there s ellis island, bring me your the notion of america as an immigration nation. underneath it has always been this intense nativism, this ugly underbelly of the country. what we see are those who appeal to those uglier angels, right, out in front today they re trying to, in some ways, mobilize hatred and fear and grievance for their own political ends it s horrible in so many ways, john it s horrible. it s interesting. donny deutsch ais with us it s interesting, donny. you go back through history, and some of the people that are
weapons and technologies, the russians. that would be a big change in russia, chinese policy. it was right for us to push back on it. having said all, that i agree with what secretary blinken just said, that you reported. we don t want a cease-fire in ukraine because that just gives putin time to reconstruct his army, and attack again. we had that back in 2014, it didn t work out. we need a permanent peace, and that s what the chinese need to support, not just a cease-fire, but something much more long term. what is your optimism about getting some bipartisan support broadly for continued support of ukraine? there are establishment figures in the gop that understand the stakes, that understand this as a test case for democracy, but there is an insurgent maga wing of the republican party intent on cutting off aid to ukraine, that s very much in the thrall of isolation and nativism. what is the case that can be made? what is the case the president can make to a group of people that dec
descent. in my opinion, it is mccarthyism at its worst, and it s downright dangerous, making ugly and false accusations like this puts a target on my back for something that is not true. and in fact, it just perpetuates this stereotype that asian americans are foreigners in their own land, no matter how many generations they have been in this country, or are like me, born and raised in this country. but we have to look at where this is coming from. congress member goodin appears to simplify with violent insurrectionists and spreads big lies to the american people. having voted not to certify the election of president biden and, in fact, he s one of those extreme maga republicans in the house focused on baseless conspiracy theories. yes, the xenophobia and the nativism and the race baiting is not even subtle in the commentary, calling you a ringleader, suggesting you are dragging along other chinese american members, and you are not loyal, either loyal or
insurrectionists and spreads big lies to the american people. having voted not to certify the election of president biden and, in fact, he s one of those extreme maga republicans in the house focused on baseless conspiracy theories. yes, the xenophobia and the nativism and the race baiting is not even subtle in the commentary, calling you a ringleader, suggesting you are dragging along other chinese american members, and you are not loyal, either loyal or competent, questioning your ability to serve in congress. there s a lot to say about this. but for those who have who did not hear your initial push back on the contention that the businessman in question, mr. or ng, is an agent of chinese intelligence. can you explain why you are confident that he should serve in the position that president biden appointed him to? dominic ng is an icon in the ap i community.
what is your optimism about getting some bipartisan support broadly for continued support of ukraine? there are establishment figures in the gop that understand the stakes, that understand this as a test case for democracy, but there is an insurgent maga wing of the republican party intent on cutting off aid to ukraine, that s very much in the thrall of isolation and nativism. what is the case that can be made? what is the case the president can make to a group of people that decidedly don t want to listen to him? that s why i wrote that piece, thank you for quoting it, alex. i wrote that piece to say, okay, maybe don t care about democracy, i care about it, maybe you don t, i care about the innocent slaughter of civilians in ukraine, maybe you don t care. i care about colonization, annexation, these are really bad things, maybe you don t care. if you just care about our national security interests, you should also want the ukrainians to win. if the ukrainians win, we don t have to