Fri Sep 23, 2022 – 9:58 pm EDT
MIAMI (LifeSiteNews) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced a series of legislative agenda items to rein in the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The move comes as Chinese investors have become America’s largest foreign group of real estate buyers over the past decade, raising serious national security concerns.
Gov. DeSantis made the announcement in a September 22 tweet in which he explicitly named the CCP as a foreign adversary.
“Today, I took action to protect Floridians from the bad intentions of adversaries abroad, such as the Chinese Communist Party,” he wrote.
“This Legislative Session, I am proposing additional protections for our homeland against threats arrayed by those who seek our nation’s downfall,” DeSantis said.
Today, I took action to protect Floridians from the bad intentions of adversaries abroad, such as the Chinese Communist Party.
This Legislative Session, I am proposing additional protections for our homeland against threats arrayed by those who seek our nation’s downfall. pic.twitter.com/2yVxf33fL6
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 22, 2022
In addition to prohibiting the Chinese government and other foreign actors from buying up agricultural land and property near military bases,
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