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Pay Dirt

GOP Operative Attacks Chinese Firms—and Lobbies for One

PAY DIRT

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.

Lachlan Markay

Reporter

Updated Aug. 30, 2019 2:50AM ET / Published Aug. 29, 2019 1:01PM ET 
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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.

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