Posted on 08/23/2024 9:02:20 AM PDT by blueplum
Rules proposed by the Biden-Harris administration in July intended to stop foreigners from purchasing land near U.S. military installations fail to cover a Chinese Communist Party-linked company building a facility 63 miles from a key National Guard base....
The apparent exception secured by Gotion followed a massive uptick in lobbying, with the Chinese-linked firm spending $2.7 million on lobbyists in the first half of 2024, including on operations aimed at influencing the White House and Treasury Department....
Michigan, led by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has set aside $175 million to subsidize Gotion’s facility, and the CCP-linked company was eligible to claim tax credits from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Former President Donald Trump has slammed the planned Gotion facility, saying that it is “‘bad for the state and our country” on Truth Social earlier this week....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
The original law restricting land purchases was instituted in 2018 by the Trump Administration
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