ICYMI: Don Davis was courted by the CCP
As China has bought up 6,500 acres of farmland in NC-01, Democrat Don Davis has been caught red-handed chumming it up with Communist China for over a decade. This raises questions about where Davis’ loyalties lie – with North Carolina or with the CCP?
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Vulnerable North Carolina Democratic rep has long ties to China: ‘Good hearing from a different perspective’
July 9, 2024
North Carolina Democrat Rep. Don Davis is facing the fight of his political life, squaring off this November with retired colonel Republican Laurie Buckhout in a race ranked as a toss up.
And as the contest enters the spotlight, so do reports of the first-term congressman’s longstanding ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
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In 2013, the Democrat took a nine-day, all-expenses-paid trip to China, funded by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, an arm of the CCP.
The group seeks out foreigners friendly to China to engage in “people-to-people diplomacy” and shape “alliances of convenience with other political parties, social groups, and individuals” to “strengthen the overall position of the Leninist Party and sow division among its enemies,” per the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a nonpartisan DC think tank.
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China’s attempt to wield influence in the Tar Heel State hasn’t stopped at Congress. North Carolina is home to one of the country’s largest concentrations of Chinese-owned farmland. While several states have banned the sale of farmland to those with ties to adversarial nations including China, North Carolina is not one of them.
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In Davis’ district alone, Chinese entities own 6,500 acres of farmland — but the vice ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee who represents it has been mum on the issue.
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