Another governor steps up to stop the CCP’s land grab.
According to a report from The Daily Wire, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to support a bill that would ban U.S. enemies —China, Russia, Iran, North Korea —from purchasing land in the Lone Star State.
From The Daily Wire:
The bill, submitted two months ago by Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, states that citizens, corporations, and government agencies of the four nations “may not purchase or otherwise acquire title to real property” in the state. Abbott confirmed on Sunday that he would endorse the legislation, which has not yet been voted upon by lawmakers.
“The past several years have seen more Texans alarmed by the increased acquisition of land by primarily Chinese interests,” Kolkhorst remarked in a statement provided to the Center Square. “The growing ownership of Texas land by some foreign entities is highly disturbing and raises red flags for many Texans. By comparison, as an American, go try to buy land near a Chinese military base and see how it works out for you. It would never happen there and it shouldn’t happen here. Passing this law delivers some basic safeguards to ensure Texans remain in control of Texas land.”
The potential ban on certain overseas entities from owning land in Texas follows legislation passed two years ago which barred contracts with foreign companies related to critical infrastructure such as cybersecurity systems and electric grids.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made a similar pledge last week.
“We don’t want to have holdings by hostile nations,” DeSantis said during a press conference on Everglades restoration in Bonita Springs, Florida. “And so if you look at the Chinese Communist Party, they’ve been very active throughout the Western Hemisphere in gobbling up land and investing in different things.”
The CCP has purchased strategic U.S. farmland as well as property near classified U.S. military bases.
More over at The Daily Wire:
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