Let's just start with your reaction to J.D. Vance as Trump's pick as running mate and as potential vice president. But, you know, it's funny. You are right. I was listening to you. It wasn't that much of a surprise to me. But I do believe this is very, very good. I would say for for the Democrats right now, I think his views on women, I think women voters are really going to carry this. So I think what they're going to do, they're going to attack J.D. Vance on multiple policy situations where he's flipped. They're going to attack him on what he said about Trump before. But I think what this really does for the Democrats is I think they're actually going to actually look at his issues on women. And I think it actually helps the Democratic ticket. I was you know, I wasn't surprised, but I did think he might go another route.

maybe a Nikki Haley route, or a female
vice president. But I think what J.D.
Vance, I actually think it helps the Democrats based on what he said about
women's issues and things of that nature.
You an author yourself. You co-authored a book with Hunter
Walker titled The Breach, which was published in October 22, all about
January the sixth, Denver. You're also I mean, someone who feels
that you were jettisoned from your own party for having officiated same-sex
marriage. You've got an interesting relationship
with the Republicans and put that out to our audience.
But I do want to make sort of use of your expertise when it comes to cyber,
to intelligence, to ultimately the risks that we heard coming from J.D.
Vance about China and whether you think that is something to be standing upon,
whether that is something you agree with is a key concern and whether it will be
tackled by the Republicans.

You know, regardless of J.D. Vance's view on January six as an election denier, or what he does, the fact is China is a bipartisan. There's sort of a support of bipartisan support to look at China as the threat that they are. And, you know, we talked about, you know, stealing IP. We've talked about things like that with China. When you talk about their A.I. development or they're talking about their technical development, I think we have to be very careful about the regulatory structure here in America when we're talking about A.I. development, tech development as far as China is concerned. I think actually, you know, JD and the Dems, you know, both sides really have some valid concerns about China. You know, I just wrote an op-ed that I'm trying to get in about Chinese drones on the bill and Americans that use them in actually law enforcement agencies that use them and how they can be used as

collection sources.
So, I do think right now I was on the China task force in Congress.
I do believe that China is the one bipartisan issue where everybody can gel
together, and regardless of their past views or things like that, I think the
China-specific China issue is something we really have to worry about.
Congressman, one interesting point that our correspondent raised on the ground
in Milwaukee is how much President Trump will or will not listen to his vice
president pick. One policy area, for example, is big
tech and antitrust. This is Bloomberg Technology, after all.
And Mr. Vance's position has been quite clear.
He thinks that big tech should be broken up, that there is too much power, and
he's aligned with the FTC. Other parts of the conservative movement
want to see shrunk regulators and shrunk agencies.
How do you think that will play out? I don't actually think it's going to be
one of the bigger issues when we're

going into the election.
I think afterwards, if the Trump administration is to win, I think it's
going to be actually a bit of a war on antitrust with big tech.
You know, I've I've had my own issues with big tech, especially
algorithmically and what they do in that environment.
You know, my company actually looks at some of this.
We're looking at social media platforms and disinformation and how to use A.I.
and rational networks to track those. So I do believe right now, when you're
talking about antitrust in tech, I think that is going to be one of the biggest
things that we talk about after the election on how we either regulate if we
break them up or, you know, if we look at some kind of algorithmic solutions or
we're looking at some other ways to see what's happening with big tech and how
they're actually manipulating information.
But I don't know if the antitrust stuff

is going to go a long way, but I do think there's going to, there is going to be a reckoning when it comes to how algorithms are used, how people are targeted, and what disinformation and things like that on big tech platforms. So that's really my opinion on it. It's a very complex topic, as you as you both know, but I do believe that that's probably going to be one of the lesser things they talk about during the campaign. But after whoever wins, I think there is going to be a reckoning with big tech on how we actually look at what they're doing on those platforms. Denver You've brought us a lot of complexity, Congressman, more broadly to your views of what might hinder or propose and be a positive force for J.D. Vance. But as a founder yourself, does it make you positive that he's someone who understands venture capital and investing? You know, actually, he doesn't make me

confident at all.
I mean, when you think about where he's come from, what he's done.
Yes, he's 39. He wrote a book, and I am a founder.
I am looking at venture capital, write. I do have investors, J.D.
Vance, in the business side. Does that make me confident at all?
I don't. I really don't think he knows what he's talking about in most
respects. So I hate to be that blunt.
But again, I think you're going to look at the staff around whatever president
is elected. That's the people that actually do the
policy making. I think J.D.
Vance's there specifically to get votes, maybe in rural areas.
Maybe they did polling. I don't think he's there for any of his
business or technical expertise. I think he's simply there because he's
presenting a vision of what MAGA policies look like in the future.
And I don't think it really has to do

with his business acumen at all.
And sorry if I'm blunt about it, but that's how I feel about it.

Trump VP Pick Vance Says China Is ‘Biggest Threat’ to US

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