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Texas Lawmakers Thwart Chinese Communist’s Plan to Connect to State’s Electricity Grid
Breitbart ^ | 08.12.2021 | Penny Starr

Posted on 08/12/2021 2:57:29 PM PDT by USA Conservative

Lawmakers in Texas have blocked a Chinese billionaire’s push to build a 15,000-acre wind farm on a large swath of land he purchased after news of his plans drew the attention of a conservancy group.

It warned first about the environmental impact and then noted Sun Guangxin’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party and how the project could give him access to the state’s electricity grid.

And the 140,000 acres that Sun snapped up in recent years is near Laughlin Air Force Base raising national security concerns.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act into law in June.

“As far as I know this is the first law of its kind by any state in the United States of America,” Abbott said of the bill designed to prevent “hostile nations” from accessing Texas’ electricity grid and other “critical infrastructure,” such as computer networks and waste treatment systems.

Republicans in Congress also weighed in, including Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz, with the latter introducing the Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2021, a bill that would require the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to re-review “any purchase or lease of real estate near a military installation or military airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected to or subsidized by “China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.”

The Texas law also lists those four countries as “hostile nations.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: china; chinajoe; powergrid; texas
Right on. Need more folks to follow this example. Unfortunately, they can throw a bunch of money at folks, making it tough to turn down. Especially in light of what's going on with our economy and how our govt isn't protecting us. As well, they don't always come at you as a Chinese organization, so you have to do some research. Honestly, we should use eminent domain laws to recover land bought by the Chinese govt, without the compensation component.
1 posted on 08/12/2021 2:57:29 PM PDT by USA Conservative
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To: USA Conservative

It’s refreshing to see that there are politicians fighting for the the Constitution and the Republic and who recognize who are our enemies.


2 posted on 08/12/2021 3:00:38 PM PDT by Signalman
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China Joe and China Mitch are pissed .

When is ugly Raggedy Anne going to attack TX for her CCP owners or Dr Evil saying that is not nice for CCP handlers she must be still recovering from her annual facelift after her Japan Hawaii tax payer vacation junket . China Joe is due for his facelift too .

3 posted on 08/12/2021 3:09:32 PM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists are the real danger )
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To: ncalburt

Chinese nationals are already running the Oncor grid.


4 posted on 08/12/2021 3:11:28 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: USA Conservative

wonder what the vote count was...


5 posted on 08/12/2021 3:14:30 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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6 posted on 08/12/2021 3:17:46 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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I’m sure this will be over ruled by the Feds when he shows them his Permission Slip from Joe Biden written on the back of a bank deposit slip...


7 posted on 08/12/2021 3:23:19 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: USA Conservative

This is enough problem with the Texas grid going down like a Clinton intern - no need to make it worse by getting a commie involved.


8 posted on 08/12/2021 3:57:53 PM PDT by PatriotarchyQ
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To: USA Conservative

How about a 50 acre 100% USA owned coal plant instead of another useless wind farm.


9 posted on 08/12/2021 4:13:48 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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...eeh...the Chinese Commies haven’t yet figured out that they need to be “more inclusive’ of the American Commies if they wanna piece of Texas.

Give it some more time...


10 posted on 08/12/2021 4:16:17 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: All

Chinese in every corner of American life........who got paid to lay the groundwork?

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Biden Sold Out America to China While Working for Hollywood -
Fr posted 05/08/2020 3:39:37 PM PDT · by Louis Foxwell · 17 replies
FrontPage Magazine ^ | Fri May 8, 2020 | Daniel Greenfield

Biden: “There is no question that you’ve got me.....the right guy with the right influence.”

Outside the JW Marriot in Los Angeles, Rev. Eddie Perez Romero was being handcuffed by the LAPD. Rev. Romero was holding up a “Free China” sign outside a Chinese Ministry of Commerce conference. Inside was the LAPD’s boss Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with Governor...Snio

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

Tucker Carlson reported that pro Communist Chinese newspaper articles paid for by China, over $1 million per newspaper were published by the: New York Times Washington Post Chicago Tribune Los Angeles Times

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Joe Biden-money-hollywood-china

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-07-17/joe-biden-money-hollywood-studios-china


11 posted on 08/12/2021 4:18:35 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doe't know which bathroom to use)
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To: USA Conservative

Good move.

I admit I know nothing about the law, but I just do not understand how any foreigner can be allowedto own land in America.


12 posted on 08/12/2021 4:23:45 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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We don’t want any chinks in our armor. Bad enough that they are in congress and the WH.


13 posted on 08/12/2021 5:03:05 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Republican politicans love being in office, Democrat politicians love being in power.)
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Yep chinks got me another 30 day vacation on Facebook.....


14 posted on 08/12/2021 5:24:58 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: USA Conservative

Bkmk


15 posted on 08/12/2021 5:37:43 PM PDT by sauropod (Amateurs built the ark; Professionals built the Titanic. Anon)
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We don’t want any chinks in our armor.

I always appreciate a nice dig at the politically correct crowd.

16 posted on 08/13/2021 6:02:38 AM PDT by PAR35
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