‘Insane’: Dem governor slammed after vetoing bill restricting Chinese land purchases

Democratic Governor of Arizona Katie Hobbes, who will return to his re -election this year, received a violent reaction on Tuesday after he objected to a draft law aimed at preventing China from buying lands near strategic assets, such as military bases.

“The political veto was” completely crazy, “he blames Hobbes for being an” obstacle to protecting our citizens from threats. ”

However, Hobbes said that the draft law, SB 1109, was “inactive in the field of espionage” and did not “directly protect” the American military assets in the state.

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Chinese investment in lands near the military bases has become a growing concern for national security hawks. Shamab, in her efforts to obtain a draft law now passed, cited recent Chinese attempts to rent buildings alongside Arizona Luke Air Force Base, where the military train fighters.

“Veto’s Veto of SB 1109, a” open CCP “suspension on the front door of Arizona, allowing China Communism to buy American territory near critical assets such as Luke Air Force Base, Palo Verde Nuclear Energy, and Mission to Amplative to Amplative to ender to ender to Ender to Ender to Ender A Ender A Ender to Ender A Ender AAA SMOST to Ender AAA SMO to Enm.

“Allowing Communism China to buy lands near our important origins is the danger of national security, clear and simple, and the Hobbes Hobbes is essentially wrong and wrongly when it says that SB 1109” is ineffective in counter -beloved and does not protect our military origins directly. “

Lucci pointed out the recent drones in Ukraine, which destroyed large numbers of Russian military aircraft, noting that “proximity produces risks in asymmetric war.”

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The Chinese lands in the United States were a constant concern for the legislators. Currently, congress is studying multiple bills related to this issue, while nearly twenty states have already approved legislation to implement changes on foreign land purchases in its states. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

SB 1109, which can still pass if the Legislative Council in Arizona exceeded Veto Hobbes, would have prohibited the People’s Republic of China from obtaining 30 %, or more, in Arizona Real Estate.

Hobbes added, in its defense of the veto, that in addition to being ineffective in the face of Chinese espionage efforts, the draft law lacked “clear implementation standards”, which opened the door to “the application of arbitrary”.

However, the draft law has gone through an amendment from the two parties in an attempt to alleviate those fears that the legislation may lead to discrimination in land sales, according to the local port The Az Mirror. The initial version of the bill has banned some persons and entities that are the threats of national security from the purchase of land in Arizona, but after the subsequent amendments, the draft law only sought to prohibit entities related to the Chinese government and its branches.

Arizona Katie Hobbes said that the bill was not “ineffective” to try to face Chinese espionage efforts, but also lacking “clear implementation standards” that Hobbes complained might open the door to “arbitrary implementation.” (Getty Images)

In addition to Arizona, other states have suggested or approved legislation aimed at reducing the seizure of Chinese soil in the United States. Congress has also taken steps in an attempt to raise change through national policy.

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As of March 17, according to the non -profit committee that focuses on China, which includes 100, 27 states are currently studying 84 bill aimed at restricting foreign property ownership in some way, while Congress is currently considering seven separate bills that address this issue. Until now, the committee indicated that 22 states have approved bills that restrict foreign property ownership, 17 of which were transferred to the law in 2024.