Why Did a US Mayor Work for China?

from Common Sense for America · host Bruce Rutherford

The mayor of Arcadia, California just pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese Communist Party. An elected American official, spreading Beijing's propaganda from inside an American city. How did we get here? In this episode, I lay out both sides honestly the left's warnings about McCarthyism and the dangers of naming "internal enemies," and the right's evidence of real institutional infiltration, from Cold War espionage to today's university faculty ratios. Then I get to the real problem: we've confused the right to hold anti-American views with immunity from being called out for them. From the fall of Rome to Bill Ayers teaching at a major university, from Gramsci's "long march through the institutions" to the documented Arcadia case this is about what happens when nations stop believing they're worth defending, and what common sense says we do about it without becoming the thing we're fighting. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell for more Common Sense for America 👍 Like this video if it made you think 💬 Comment below: where's the line between legitimate critique and genuine anti-Americanism? #CommonSenseForAmerica #Arcadia #NationalSecurity #Politics

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The mayor of Arcadia, California just pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese Communist Party. An elected American official, spreading Beijing's propaganda from inside an American city.How did we get here?In this episode, I lay out both sides honestly the left's warnings about McCarthyism and the dangers of naming "internal enemies," and the right's evidence of real institutional infiltration, from Cold War espionage to today's university faculty ratios. Then I get to the real problem: we've confused the right to hold anti-American views with immunity from being called out for them.From the fall of Rome to Bill Ayers teaching at a major university, from Gramsci's "long march through the institutions" to the documented Arcadia case this is about what happens when nations stop believing they're worth defending, and what common sense says we do about it without becoming the thing we're fighting.🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell for more Common Sense for America👍 Like this video if it made you think💬 Comment below: where's the line between legitimate critique and genuine anti-Americanism?#CommonSenseForAmerica #Arcadia #NationalSecurity #Politics