GOP Operative Attacks Chinese Firms—and Lobbies for One
The operative behind a campaign warning against letting a ‘Communist run’ Chinese-owned company in Louisiana is lobbying for a Chinese-owned company linked to the Communist Party.
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A veteran Republican operative in Louisiana is running a new dark money group that’s taking the state’s Democratic governor to task for efforts to woo a Chinese-owned company with ties to the Communist Party and plans for a chemical plant in St. James Parish.
The same Republican operative, Kyle Ruckert, is being paid to lobby for a different Chinese-owned company with ties to the Communist Party and plans for a chemical plant in St. James Parish.
“We Don’t Need A Communist Run Company Anywhere Near Our State!” declared a Facebook ad run by the group Louisiana Legacy this week. The ad linked to a story hammering Gov. John Bel Edwards over a package of state incentives for the construction of a new methylene plant by the publicly traded Chinese company Wanhua Chemical.