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Reporter is 'shocked' after Nebraska governor dismisses her as being 'from Communist China'
NBC News ^ | 10.18.2023 | Kimmy Yam

Posted on 10/18/2023 2:54:25 PM PDT by Dr. Marten

A reporter of Chinese descent is speaking out, weeks after Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen dismissed her article on his company, Pillen Family Farms, because “the author is from Communist China.” 

Yanqi Xu, 27, who is an immigrant from China and reports for the independent outlet Flatwater Free Press, told NBC News that Pillen's comments were a form of “bias.” Pillen, a Republican, had made the remarks on Omaha radio station KFAB in September, after he was asked to respond to her article that found high levels of nitrate on his hog farms. 

 

“Number 1, I didn’t read it. And I won’t,” Pillen said on the air about Xu’s article. “Number 2, all you got to do is look at the author. The author is from Communist China. What more do you need to know?”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: chicom; china; nebraska; yanqixu
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To: imabadboy99

Yes. And now a local politician can dismiss a critic with, perhaps legitimate, allegations, with a cheap shot like that, just because the cheap shot happens to be the opposite of “woke”. The woke virus is contagious, and its variant, Dummass, likely to infect both sides of the national debate if we aren’t careful.

If I were a Nebraskan and fond of pork, I’d stay away from that governor’s farm products. He’s discredited himself.


21 posted on 10/18/2023 4:21:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Nervous Tick

Questioned Commie blabs commie network.


22 posted on 10/18/2023 4:46:50 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
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To: imabadboy99
Watch this 30 minute presentation to the European Parliament. It explains it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0684V2ej8

It is by James Lindsay. Very well done. It shows how it was planned and executed, with names and dates.

23 posted on 10/18/2023 5:05:49 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Eleutheria5

Pillen’s history in the ag community is what got him elected. Thanks for playing.


24 posted on 10/18/2023 5:27:08 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Dr. Marten

AFAIAC, EVERY Chinese person in America is a potential spy!

C.f. DiFi’s driver!


25 posted on 10/18/2023 6:21:42 PM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!))
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To: Dr. Marten

What an idiot


26 posted on 10/18/2023 6:28:37 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: higgmeister

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27 posted on 10/18/2023 6:40:45 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Good triumphs when good people take action.)
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To: Dr. Marten

She is from communist china and is also an idiot from communist china.


28 posted on 10/18/2023 6:57:43 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I read the staff bios. Liberal anti-American outfit, not my cup of chai…


29 posted on 10/18/2023 7:08:44 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: Eleutheria5
Being from Communist China often has the effect of making one very anti-communist.

Having family still in China makes one very cooperative with the PRC.

China is always willing to volunteer your mom to be an organ donor.

30 posted on 10/18/2023 8:17:45 PM PDT by null and void (The Democrats want denser housing with denser people living in them.)
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To: Taxman
AFAIAC, EVERY Chinese person in America is a potential spy!

Half the Chinese here are spying on us.

The other half are spying on them!

31 posted on 10/18/2023 8:22:25 PM PDT by null and void (The Democrats want denser housing with denser people living in them.)
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To: null and void

“Having family still in China makes one very cooperative with the PRC.

China is always willing to volunteer your mom to be an organ donor.”

True enough. So those Bolshevik fiends ordered her to write an article telling lies about the governor’s pig farm? The thing to do, then, is to debunk that mendacious hit piece, not dismiss it with inuendo and ad hominems. If the red Chinese are out to get his pig farm, he SHOULD read the article and refute it.

Logic and evidence should be your friend, governor. You could sue her and her newspaper for libel and maybe he can demonstrate knowing falsehood and actual malice. Stand up for the honor of your pigs!


32 posted on 10/18/2023 11:36:01 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: bigbob

So he should stand up for that reputation and show that his pig meat does not have high nitrate content. Reputations are not a birthright.


33 posted on 10/18/2023 11:43:16 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Yes! This!


34 posted on 10/19/2023 3:13:27 AM PDT by null and void (The Democrats want denser housing with denser people living in them.)
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To: null and void

But instead he just implied that she’s a commie agent, which is as cheap a shot as crying “racist!” He should be prepared to offer proof of the wholesomeness of his meats. He did not do that.


35 posted on 10/19/2023 4:19:07 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Re: 35 - Good posts.

The governor is ignorant, that much is certain.


36 posted on 10/19/2023 4:25:07 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Dr. Marten

She was raised as a commie. She needs to discover the reformative qualities of a nitrate bath.

She wants hogs the Red Chinese way where they feed them human fecal matter.


37 posted on 10/19/2023 4:39:52 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: lee martell

“I figured it was another Dem Gov.”

He’s GOP.


38 posted on 10/19/2023 4:47:06 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“If I were a Nebraskan ... I’d stay away from that governor’s farm products. He’s discredited himself.”

Because he told the truth? Chances are, he researched the organization she worked for (lib), researched her CCP creds, and used logic to form an opinion.

Kari Lake also refuses to speak to reporters from liberal outlets. Why should these people waste their time when whatever they say will be skewed?


39 posted on 10/19/2023 4:54:11 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: null and void

We have seen the enemy, and he is us!

For being REALLY stupid about letting enemies into the USA!


40 posted on 10/19/2023 7:45:32 AM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!))
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