Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) compared President Ronald Reagan’s characterization of the Soviet Union to the reality of modern-day China, telling Breitbart News that the country is an “evil empire” and calling President Xi Jinping a “Marxist.”

Speaking to Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle at a Thursday policy event on the current and emerging threats presented by China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the senator referred to his book , Seven Things You Can’t Say About China .

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