Glenn Youngkin was 100% right to block Chinese battery factory
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And finally, governors and other lawmakers across the country are following suit.
States have a new adversary: China. From Florida to Indiana and Montana, an expanding array of local proposals, bills, laws and regulations aim to block Chinese individuals and companies from acquiring land, winning contracts, working on research, setting up factories and otherwise participating in the U.S. economy. State officials, overriding traditional local interests such as drawing investment and creating jobs, say they are acting where Congress hasn’t to address grassroots American distrust of the Chinese Communist Party. “There is a real responsibility on behalf of governors and state legislatures to look out for the safety and protection of our citizens,” said Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who last year blocked Ford Motor from setting up a battery venture in his state with China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL. He has also signed bills to curb Chinese land purchases and use of TikTok on state devices. Youngkin says he opposed the plant for electric-vehicle batteries because he didn’t want to allocate Virginia taxpayer money to support Chinese technology. Ford is now building a scaled-down version of the project in Michigan, where it has also faced localized resistance. https://www.wsj.com/politics/states-take-on-china-in-the-name-of-national-security-7ed05257?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 |
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NO American should be fueling support for Communist China. |
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| Glenn Youngkin is 100% right on most things. |
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Go to sleep, Glenn. |
Anonymous
Gretchen Whitmer could learn a thing or two from Youngkin. https://apnews.com/article/michigan-recall-election-chinese-battery-factory-4e950ba4de1198bd241bc2ab4e15f870 https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/03/19/gotion-sues-green-charter-township-over-2-4-ev-battery-plant/73018994007/ |
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Agreed. |
Anonymous
Agreed. It's funny to think back on the LWNJ outrage when he declined to have that factory built in Virginia. Of course, he was absolutely correct. |
Anonymous
He's been right on some things and wrong on others. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to realize or learn from them. |
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| Great so now we cut off our nose to spite our face. We need to embrace the world economy. China wants to invest in the US and of course these maga idiots reject them. |
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He is right on this issue.
Surprisingly the sky hasn't fallen in VA since he had been governor. He has some bad policy positions but overall he has been doing well. |
Anonymous
Honey, we are the world economy. China wants to embrace us, we don't need to embrace them more than we already have. |
Anonymous
He’s a forced birther and a fascist. |
Anonymous
As a northern virginia democrat, I was torn to vote for youngkin, but so happy I did it. I am very pleased to see where we are at as a state now. |
Anonymous
He’s been governor for two years now and things seem to be going pretty well. Where’s the fascist? |
Anonymous
Held back by the Democratic Senate first, and now the House too. |