Two allies of President Trump are launching a new organization aimed at preventing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from taking over American institutions, according to information obtained by the Daily Caller.
Former Trump Administration Acting Director of National Intelligence Rick Grenell and former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin said:Defend America InitiativeAccording to a press release first obtained by The Daily Caller, the group will work to help state lawmakers pass bills to limit the expansion of the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in the U.S. The group’s launch video highlights several CCP threats it wants to address, including the purchase of American farmland and Chinese nationals illegally crossing the U.S. border. (Related article: Experts warn that Biden administration’s relaxation of vetting process for illegal Chinese immigrants poses national security risks)
“The Chinese Communist Party poses a growing threat and their dangerous ideology is infiltrating American culture. Our border, critical infrastructure, higher education system and agricultural industry are all under attack. Communist China seeks to influence our nation and diminish our freedoms,” Grenell, a senior adviser to the group, said in a statement to the Caller.
Since March 2021, illegal immigration from China has increased by approximately 8,000% in the United States. according to The report was submitted to the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability. In May, the Heritage Foundation released a report saying the US is not adequately addressing the threat of Chinese ownership of US farmland. The think tank added that the US is ill-equipped to deal with such a threat. (Related: Exclusive: Chinese Communist Party Members Are the Second Largest Foreign Owners of U.S. Land)
New Organization Calls He supports a range of legislative proposals to curb the growing threat from the Chinese Communist Party, including banning Chinese companies from importing drugs like fentanyl, requiring national infrastructure projects to purchase U.S.-made supplies, and countering China’s “attempts to steal our intellectual property.”
“Our greatest threat is across the Pacific, Communist China, who are marching to influence and disrupt America from the inside. Our farms, our food supply, our education system, our energy production, our manufacturing chains, our national security — Communist China wants to control it all. We must act now to stop them, and that starts with our nation’s leaders recognizing and responding to the China threat,” the group’s launch video says.
Prior to the launch of the organization, Tyson Group vote The poll found that 41% of Americans believe China is the biggest threat to U.S. national security, and 68% say China poses a major threat to the U.S. because of its use of lobbying and buying influence over politicians.
“Every aspect of American life is facing unprecedented Chinese influence: American farmers and small business owners are being forced into unfair trade practices, students are watching their campuses being taken over by Communist Party ideology, and Border Patrol agents are seeing Chinese nationals cross the border in record numbers,” Zeldin, the senior adviser to the Protect America Initiative, said in a statement to the Caller. “We can no longer rely on Washington’s broken swamp to stop this. State leaders across the country need to step up and protect all Americans from the growing Chinese threat before it’s too late.”
