david asher, a senior fellow at the hudson institute. what was your take on democracy being the number one issue in the vice president's mind? >> it's ridiculous. our democracy is functionally in excellent condition. yes we have profound division, but that happened throughout history. i am much more concerned about our lack of commit to the democracy around the world and the communist regimes and their aims to disrupt our global fabric of security. and to that imperil democracy. perhaps that's what the vice president thought, i don't think so. i am not sure what her concern is. i don't think the soviet union is coming back. and the communist chinese aren't going to i am pair our democracy. china is acting like they are ready to make big moves in 2022. brian: they put a warning out out with the hypersonic missile. they start a nuclear program. and we don't know how the wuhan virus started. how much of a problem is the belt and road program? this seems to be what china is going to embark upon in 2022. >> we are depend comment our high-tech

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