In just four years, tens of millions of dollars flowed from CCP-tied military companies to DC lobbyists

American Thinker ^ | 04/12/2024 | Olivia Murray

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Maybe it’s time we all start learning Mandarin.

According to a report published by the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) yesterday, “Chinese military companies” have paid D.C. lobbyists tens of millions of dollars in just the past few years alone—but as you might expect, neither the companies nor the lobbying firms responded to the outlet’s “request for comment” on the matter.

Here are the details, via the DCNF exposé:

Chinese Military Companies Have Spent Over $24 Million Lobbying The US Gov’t In Recent Years

Entities the Pentagon classifies as ‘Chinese military companies’ have spent more than $24 million lobbying the U.S. government since 2020, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of lobbying disclosures found.

Some of the biggest spenders on lobbying included corporations directly tied to human rights abuses and Chinese military research, like telecom giant Huawei, facial recognition software developer Megvii and genomics company BGI Shenzhen. Chinese military corporations cast a wide net across the American government, lobbying the House, Senate and various parts of the executive branch, including the office of the president, often setting their sights on proposed policies that would impact their U.S. operations, according to a DCNF review of congressional disclosures and legislative records.

As you also might expect, the names linked to this whole Americans-working-for-Chinese-communists affair aren’t all that unrecognizable. Right off the bat, we learn that Huawei paid the Podesta Group $1 million in 2021. Yes, Podesta as in Tony and John Podesta, scandal-ridden fixtures of the D.C. Democrat cabal. (Tony came under fire for unsettling emails involving Marina Abramović, and both men allegedly have an eye for extremely disturbing “art.”)

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And, this should come as no surprise:

Information on the specific congressional offices Chinese military corporations paid to lobby was not included in congressional disclosures.

Conniving little traitorous monsters, aren’t they?

[fretzer]

They should be arrested and if citizens, tried for treason. If not citizens, then a helicopter ride is appropriate.

[Colinsky]

America is proud that we have the best Congress that money can buy.

[frog in a pot]

How politically convenient.

These "Chinese military companies" are those that have met our Pentagon's definition.

Since all Chinese companies are very tightly government-controlled, all Chinese companies are potential "military companies" regardless of the sign outside or anyone else's definition.

[GailA]

btt

[Jacquerie]

We’ll just keep on voting and pretend it matters.