Posted on 06/03/2025 5:28:03 PM PDT by Libloather
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is up for reelection this year, garnered backlash Tuesday after vetoing a bill aimed at preventing China from buying up land next to strategic assets, such as military bases.
Arizona state Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp said the "politically motivated veto" was "utterly insane," blaming Hobbs for being "an obstructionist against safeguarding our citizens from threats."
However, Hobbs said the bill, S.B. 1109, was "ineffective at counter-espionage" and did not "directly protect" American military assets in the state.
Chinese investment in land near military bases has become an increasing concern for national security hawks. Shamp, in her efforts to get the now-vetoed bill passed, cited recent Chinese attempts to lease buildings alongside Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, where the military trains fighter pilots.
"Governor Hobbs’s veto of SB 1109 hangs an 'Open for the CCP' sign on Arizona’s front door, allowing Communist China to buy up American land near critical assets like Luke Air Force Base, Palo Verde nuclear power plant, and Taiwan Semiconductor’s growing fabrication footprint," said Michael Lucci, the CEO and founder of State Armor Action, a conservative group with a mission to develop and enact state-level solutions to global security threats.
"Allowing Communist China to buy up land near our critical assets is a national security risk, plain and simple, and Governor Hobbs is substantively and completely wrong when she says that SB 1109 ‘is ineffective at counter-espionage and does not directly protect our military assets,’" Lucci added.
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From Feb - Hobbs Faces Increasingly Unlikely Reelection Bid
Allegations of a “pay-to-play” scheme involving substantial donations to her inauguration fund have resulted in an ongoing investigation by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
https://arizonaglobe.com/governor/hobbs-faces-increasingly-unlikely-reelection-bid/
Hobbs is another of the 2020 election’s bizarre results.
I would think the feds could veto her.
SOLUTION:
She and her staff, and their families, must give
up their homes and assets, and their children,
and their freedom, until their Tribunals.
After what just happened in Russia? That traitorous mole needs to be purged.
Check her offshore accounts, she thinks that she is a Biden.
Unaddressed corruption has consequences
Can this demonic creature be tried for treason???? /s. Spit.
When are you Arizonians going to do something about that Hobbs Hogg?
Katie is 100% owned and operated by the cartels.
Yep, campaigned from the basement just like Potatus, and won with cheat-by-mail-in ballots that were counted weeks after Election Day.
Surprise, Surprise!
She’s on their side.
And a couple weeks ago:
Hobbs’ Veto of China’s Organ-Harvesting Bill Spurs Questions
Not bizzaro.
Proof she’s bought & paid for and/or compromised.
Only good to come of it is that her political career could be over, save for pandering to the extreme left.
Right, not so bizarre. She cheated.
https://english.president.gov.tw/News/6926
2025-03-18
中文
President Lai meets Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
On the afternoon of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. In remarks, President Lai said that Taiwan and Arizona enjoy close economic and trade relations, and expressed hope that through our joint efforts, Arizona will become a shining example for Taiwan-United States high-tech collaboration and the creation of non-red supply chains. The president indicated that the next goal for Taiwan and the US is the signing of an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation, which would provide greater incentives for Taiwanese businesses to invest in the US, facilitate the establishment of more comprehensive industry clusters, and generate more job opportunities, representing a win-win outcome for Taiwan-US relations.
A translation of President Lai’s remarks follows:
I warmly welcome you all to the Presidential Office. Governor Hobbs previously visited Taiwan after taking office in 2023. Her leading a delegation to Taiwan once again demonstrates Arizona’s continued friendship and the importance Arizona attaches to Taiwan. For this, I express my sincerest gratitude, and I welcome you again.
In recent years, ties between Taiwan and Arizona have continued to expand and progress. For example, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)’s investment in Arizona is the largest greenfield investment in US history. This month, TSMC announced that it would increase its investment in the US by US$100 billion. It plans to build more semiconductor fabrication and research and development facilities in greater Phoenix, transforming the area into a US semiconductor hub.
Due to our close industrial engagement, we now have more than 30,000 Taiwanese living in Arizona. . .
Adding that our partnership that is built on shared values, mutual cultural appreciation, and commitment to innovation and economic growth, Governor Hobbs indicated that Arizona and Taiwan’s partnership extends back decades, as Taiwanese fighter pilots have been training at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix since 1996. She said that we have built a strong base of collaboration across many areas, including technology, workforce, and cultural exchange, and that Arizona is even slated to get its own Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐), which she expressed she is very thrilled about.
Governor Hobbs went on to say that Arizona’s relationship with Taiwan is anchored by its ongoing partnership with TSMC and many Taiwan-based companies in semiconductor and other industries, and that TSMC’s US$165 billion investment in Arizona will help power development of the world’s most advanced technology, such as AI, and promises to cement an unbreakable bond between our two economies. . .
I hope there’s an investigation going on against her. Something’s not right.
“The big question is why isn’t it already?”
Uniparty. AKA no difference between the GOPe and dems for at least two generations now as they work together to take from you and me and give it to someone else who is DEI on two fronts:
1) Didn’t earn it.
2) Diversity, equity, inclusion.
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