This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

“It’s no accident, Comrade” is a traditional Communist response when something bad happens – meaning, the regime in question caused it. One has to wonder whether that explains recent, ominous developments that accrue to the benefit of the Chinese Communist Party.

Consider Hong Kong. For over a year, mass demonstrations proved that widespread popular opposition to the repressive Communist regime in Beijing would not surrender to its threats or actual coercion. Suddenly, the CCP virus ended such public gatherings. And now fifteen of their leaders have been arrested, presaging more crackdowns.

Then, in March, several Taiwanese naval vessels visited Palau, an island without COVID-19. Suddenly, members of their crews were diagnosed with the disease, sidelining their vessels, just as Chinese threats to Taiwan intensify. The USS Theodore Roosevelt was similarly stricken after a port call in Vietnam last month.

Are all these accidents, Comrades?

This is Frank Gaffney.