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Mark Kelly Silent on Firm's Windfall From Chinese Tech Giant
Real Clear Politics ^ | 13 May, 2020 | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 05/17/2020 8:44:57 PM PDT by Boomer

In the fall of 2014, the CEO of World View Enterprises, the company Kelly co-founded, announced during a visit to Beijing that Tencent had invested an undisclosed sum of money in the Tucson-based space travel venture. In April 2016, as part of a subsequent, $15 million investment round, World View announced that it had received more funds from Tencent, along with three other venture capital firms.

Tencent was already under intense U.S. scrutiny before the COVID-19 world crisis. In addition to the surveillance suspicions, Tencent also sparked a U.S. backlash for suspending its streaming of National Basketball Association games after the Houston Rockets’ general manager praised Hong Kong democracy protests last fall.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
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Mark Kelly (Gun-Grabber running for senator in AZ) is in bed with China. That's 3 strikes against him.

1. Dem 2. Anti-Gun 3. Corrupt

1 posted on 05/17/2020 8:44:57 PM PDT by Boomer
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To: Boomer

Americans have got to start giving a damn about who they give this power to.


2 posted on 05/17/2020 8:50:03 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of the Great King!!!)
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He hasn’t been elected to anything yet. You ought to hear the way we talk about this asshole down at the gun shop.


3 posted on 05/17/2020 8:51:20 PM PDT by Luke21
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RINO McSally not the best candidate ...


4 posted on 05/17/2020 9:02:55 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: sheehan

I loathe McSally. But Mr Gabby Giffords is way beyond loathsome!


5 posted on 05/17/2020 9:05:02 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Boomer

Pima county put a huge amount of taxpayer money into this fraudulent operation too.


6 posted on 05/17/2020 9:19:07 PM PDT by wjcsux (Inside every DemocRAT politician is a fascist dictator screaming to be let loose.)
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To: Mr Rogers

Kelly a founded World View Enterprises, a space exploration start up, which is now a front for Tencent a Chinese government entity that, also owns WeChat, uses surveillance tactics on its billions of subscribers, and censors language that is critical of the Chinese Communist Party.

r.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/05/13/mark-kelly-china-ties-n2568720


7 posted on 05/17/2020 9:55:58 PM PDT by Rabin (Trump, Trump, Trump.)
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To: wjcsux

We sure did against our wishes.


8 posted on 05/17/2020 10:05:56 PM PDT by Citizen Soldier
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To: Boomer

So he has his business hq in Delaware to avoid a large tax bill to Pima County and the city of aTucson. So how is our loan to his business helping us? And it started as a space tourism project but quickly turned into govt NASA contracts. So he got monies under fraud. Snake


9 posted on 05/17/2020 10:24:18 PM PDT by Citizen Soldier
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Yes they did. Only ONE County Supervisor fought it. Her name is Allie Miller. She is my hero.


10 posted on 05/17/2020 10:27:39 PM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Boomer

2. Anti-Gun

Owns guns


11 posted on 05/18/2020 12:46:28 AM PDT by o-n-money
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RINO McSally not the best candidate ...

I agree. I don't know why but we don't get good choices for senator in AZ.

Frustrating.

12 posted on 05/18/2020 6:10:47 AM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: o-n-money
2. Anti-Gun

Owns guns

Which also makes him a hypocrite aka loathsome asshat.

13 posted on 05/18/2020 6:11:51 AM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: Boomer

Inside every progressive is an authoritarian screaming to get out, and so being friendly with dictatorships comes natural to them.


14 posted on 05/18/2020 7:13:22 AM PDT by Wuli
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