In deep red Arkansas, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been accusing businesses of being controlled by the People's Republic of China. But Sanders, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, is making such accusations without proving them first. And in a scathing late June editorial, Arkansas Business' editorial board takes her to task for favoring 'performance art' over meaningful governance.
"Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders maligned businesses in Arkansas as being linked to Communist China even after her administration was warned that the claims were unproven, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported earlier this month," the Arkansas Business board writes. "She did it, texts uncovered in a court case reveal, because she would 'rather have a media hit and have to walk it back later.' In one case, Sanders took to X on July 24, 2024 to cast doubt on 4811 S. Zero Street LLC, a Walmart supplier, which operates a factory near Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith."
The editorial board continues, "'China is America's greatest threat. I won't let them buy up land close to our military installations and spy on our nation's defense assets.' It turned out that Zero Street is...
Source: https://www.alternet.org/sarah-huckabee-sanders-china/
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