Karoline Leavitt Defends Marco Rubio's 'Right' To Revoke Visas Of Chinese Students With Ties To CCP

At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was asked about the revocation of Chinese student visas.

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00:00So for years, radical leftists and Islamists have been calling for so-called to so-called globalize the Antifada.

00:06Do you believe this is a call for our violence against Jews?

00:09And do you think these attacks on Jews around our country is what globalizing the Antifada looks like?

00:13I don't want to speak to the merits of those claims without looking into them.

00:16But as I said, any violence against Jewish Americans will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

00:21Absolutely. And also, Secretary of State Rubio made an announcement saying he'll be revoking visas of certain Chinese students,

00:26including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party.

00:30Does that include sons and daughters of politicians, presidents, and chairmen?

00:34Again, Secretary of State Rubio has the right to revoke visas,

00:38and he made the announcement that the State Department will begin to aggressively revoke those visas of Chinese students

00:45who are in our country, namely those with Chinese Communist Party ties,

00:49or those who could be a threat to our national security and the interests of the United States.

00:54Chip Bolton.