BIANNA GOLODRYGA: You talk about human rights abusers in China. Much could be said about Russia as well on that count.

ROHRABACHER: Oh, baloney. Where do you come from? How can you say that?

GOLODRYGA: I come from the former Soviet Union. That's where I came from. I came here as a political refugee. That's where I came from.

ROHRABACHER: What country did you say you came from again?

GOLODRYGA: I come from the former Soviet Union — from Moldova.

ROHRABACHER: Oh, and that's good. Then the audience knows you're biased.

GOLODRYGA: I'm biased as an American citizen who was born in a foreign country?

ROHRABACHER: Yeah, when you start saying that Russia should be — do you know that there have been no political reforms in China? None?

GOLODRYGA: I'm not advocating that China be our best friend. I'm talking about Russia right now.

ROHRABACHER: No, you just said that Russia and China are the same, and I'm sorry, they are not.

GOLODRYGA: I said that they're both human rights abusers. How am I wrong?

ROHRABACHER: How are you wrong? In China, they don't have an opposition party. They have ...

GOLODRYGA: Russia isn't accused of murdering journalists?

ROHRABACHER: Okay, look, I'll let the public decide on that last comment where you're coming from. The bottom line is what's good for America is to prioritize, as I did when I worked with Ronald Reagan — I wrote most of his speeches on this issue ...

GOLODRYGA: And what would Ronald Reagan think about your thoughts about Vladimir Putin?

ROHRABACHER: He would love it. Maybe you forgot that Ronald Reagan was the one who reached out to Gorbachev ...

GOLODRYGA: Are you comparing Gorbachev to Vladimir Putin?

ROHRABACHER: Absolutely, I am. The fact is they were both leaders of a very powerful country that we need to be friends with if we’re going to have peace in the world.