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Ex-president s think tank partnered with CCP influence arm
Yuichiro Kakutani • February 24, 2021 2:15 pm
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Congressional Republicans are demanding answers from the Carter Center for its collaboration with Chinese government-backed entities as part of a wider effort to crack down on Chinese influence-peddling efforts in the United States.
Rep. Jody Hice (R., Ga.) and three other Georgia Republicans criticized the Carter Center for cohosting events with entities backed by the United Front, the Chinese Communist Party s foreign influence arm, in a Wednesday letter. The Atlanta-based think tank was founded by its namesake, former president Jimmy Carter. The United Front is an organization which is deeply hostile to any idea contrary to Communism.… We are deeply troubled that the United Front continues to be given a platform to spread its propaganda in the United States, the letter reads.
Sen. John Thune, Opposing $15 Min Wage, Says He Earned $6 As a Kid That s $24 With Inflation
On 2/24/21 at 10:44 PM EST
In a tweet voicing his opposition to raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican South Dakota Senator John Thune said he made $6 an hour working at a restaurant as a kid. Adjusted for modern inflation, using June 1978 as a baseline, that would be $24 an hour today.
Congressional Republicans have largely opposed the Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage. They argue a wage hike will harm small businesses who have already been economically harmed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Biden s Stimulus Bill Is Left of Lenin, Filled With Spending Porn, Says Senator John Kennedy
On 2/24/21 at 6:37 PM EST
Kennedy made his comments Wednesday on the Fox News program
America s Newsroom. The show s co-host Dana Perino asked his criticisms of the bill, noting that Kennedy always has a way with words. This is not a coronavirus bill, Kennedy began. This is a left of Lenin, neo-socialist wish list. I mean it s just . it is chock full of spending porn.
Vladimir Lenin was a Soviet Union premier who supported Marxism and communism. Marxism and communism advocate for a society in which all property is publicly-owned, distributed by the government and each person works and receives pay according to their abilities and needs.