{"id":1759197,"date":"2022-12-02T06:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759197"},"modified":"2022-12-02T07:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:34:25","slug":"forbes-casually-admits-china-interfered-in-the-2022-election-to-boost-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forbes-casually-admits-china-interfered-in-the-2022-election-to-boost-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes Casually Admits China Interfered in the 2022 Election to Boost Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforbes-casually-admits-china-interfered-in-the-2022-election-to-boost-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f52f7367-628a-42a5-8985-567df53414a0-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The 2022 election turned out to be a major letdown for Republicans, and China may have had something to do with that. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilybaker-white\/2022\/11\/30\/tiktok-chinese-state-media-divisive-politics\/?sh=646abf74bf09&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&#038;utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>, the communists used TikTok to spread political messages, largely critical of the GOP, in the months leading up to election day.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts in question have millions of followers and were able to accumulate tens of millions of views, spreading propaganda the Chinese state found useful. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s just a coincidence, though, that they felt Democrats remaining in power most benefited them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forbes discovered TikTok accounts controlled by Chinese state media that accumulated tens of millions of views before the midterm elections, on videos that often criticized specific politicians and sought to undermine trust in American institutions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FfwKVK9e2W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/FfwKVK9e2W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/94RUNMkZvb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/94RUNMkZvb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1598341407122538496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><abbr>T<\/abbr>ikTok accounts run by the propaganda arm of the Chinese government have accumulated millions of followers and tens of millions of views, many of them on videos editorializing about U.S. politics without clear disclosure that they were posted by a foreign government.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts are managed by MediaLinks TV, a registered foreign agent and Washington D.C.-based outpost of the main Chinese Communist Party television news outlet, China Central Television. The largest of them are @Pandaorama, which features cute videos about Chinese culture, @The\u2026Optimist, which posts about sustainability, and @NewsTokss, which features coverage of U.S. national and international news.<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to the 2022 elections, the @NewsTokss account criticized some candidates (mostly Republicans), and favored others (mostly Democrats). A video from July began with the caption \u201cCruz, Abbott Don\u2019t Care About Us\u201d; a video from October was captioned \u201cRubio Has Done Absolutely Nothing.\u201d But @NewsTokss did not target only Republicans; another October video asked viewers whether they thought President Joe Biden\u2019s promise to sign a bill codifying abortion rights was a \u201cpolitical manipulation tactic.\u201d Nothing in these videos disclosed to viewers that they were being pushed by a foreign government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you want a case study of how biased the press is, consider that we\u2019ve known for years that TikTok is a Chinese information operation, and yet, news outlets spend far more time crying about free speech on Twitter. Why is that? Could it be because the left doesn\u2019t actually care about \u201cdisinformation\u201d or \u201celection interference\u201d\u2013as long as they find it politically helpful?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a rhetorical question, obviously. We had a years-long freakout that still gets brought up to this day over supposed Russian interference in the 2016 election. Heck, newly-minted Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries even claims that Donald Trump\u2019s presidency was illegitimate because of a few hundred thousand dollars in memes being spread on Facebook. Yet, those hysterics are silent when the topic shifts to China.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t kid yourself, the Chinese have been <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/slee\/2020\/12\/13\/dni-ratcliffe-connects-china-the-pandemic-and-the-possible-foreign-election-interference-n293967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">influencing our elections<\/a> at a far higher level than Russia, for far longer than just the 2022 mid-terms. There\u2019s absolutely no question that Xi Jinping and his government wanted Joe Biden to win in 2020. On that note, it sure is convenient that COVID-19 probably leaked from a Chinese lab just in time to make that a reality, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>When you take a step back and start putting all the pieces together, the left\u2019s attachment to China is astonishing. Just days ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/smoosieq\/2022\/11\/27\/fauci-runs-cover-for-ccp-blames-trump-for-their-secretiveness-over-covid-origins-n665022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended the Chinese<\/a>, suggesting we shouldn\u2019t press them on the origins of the coronavirus because their completely honest and not-at-all-controlled scientists might get mad. Then there are the Biden family <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/06\/27\/new-voicemail-busts-joe-biden-from-his-own-mouth-calling-son-about-chinese-biz-dealings-n585262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business dealings<\/a> with the communist nation to consider. That\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg, of course, but those instances serve as stark examples of how comfortable Democrats are with fluffing the Chinese for personal and political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to TikTok itself, it is insane that the government <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/beccalower\/2022\/11\/01\/fcc-chief-calls-for-us-to-ban-tiktok-on-national-security-grounds-n652713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continues to allow<\/a> it to operate within the United States. The Chinese are using it to spread their propaganda and to mine the personal data of Americans. Donald Trump attempted to shut it down years ago, but Democrats screamed bloody murder. Now, we have some idea of why that was the case. These people don\u2019t give two shakes about \u201celection interference.\u201d They just want to win, and they\u2019ll gladly accept help from the Chicoms if it boosts them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nTrending on Redstate Video\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 election turned out to be a major letdown for Republicans, and China may have had something to do with that. 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