Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre believes America should take back its farms.
Favre enthusiastically supported and celebrated President-elect Donald Trump during the campaign and after his victory, when he shared a post with X that advocated for the United States to take back Chinese-owned farmland. He reshared a post that read, “Do you think China should confiscate 192,000 acres of U.S. farmland and be prohibited from purchasing any more?”
“That's a lot of land. Americans should own American farmland,” Favre captioned the redistribution.
Chinese agricultural investment In the United States, it increased tenfold from 2009 to 2016 alone, Fox News Digital previously reported.
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Investigative journalist Sarah Carter said in 2022 that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated that China owned about 192,000 acres of U.S. land in 2019, totaling $6.1 billion since March 2021. It added that the dollar land was expanded.
Carter also discovered that Chinese-owned farmland is located in several key locations in the United States, including land near Laughlin Air Force Base near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas; The open and uncontrolled U.S.-Mexico border poses a complicating problem, given the amount of reported Chinese-linked fentanyl being smuggled out of Mexico.
Carter reported that a Chinese company has purchased 370 acres of land in Montana near Grand Forks Air Force Base and a U.S. nuclear facility.
Biden administration failed to properly track Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland A January investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found there were no plans to begin tracking the data.
The investigation found that the Department of Agriculture did not consistently share timely data on foreign investment in U.S. farmland, as required by the Agriculture Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978.
Republican lawmakers and local leaders across the country are increasing scrutiny of land purchases by foreign investors. The increase in land purchases has raised concerns that foreign companies and investors, particularly those from China, are squeezing America's key food and energy supplies.
In March, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Democrat of Michigan, and Rep. Blake Moore, Republican of Utah, proposed a plan Expands the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States regarding foreign real estate purchases.
Now, Favre also appears to be playing a role in spreading awareness about the issue ahead of President Trump's inauguration and return to the White House on January 20th.
Mr. Favre has devoted much of his social media presence in recent election cycles to praising Mr. Trump and criticizing Democrats, even accompanying Mr. Trump on the campaign trail at a rally in Wisconsin. At the rally, Favre criticized President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' handling of various domestic issues during their administration. In particular, he made sure to criticize Biden for calling Trump supporters “trash.”
“I can tell you we're not trash. How can he say that? I look at the police, I look at the teachers, I look at the nurses, I look at the grandparents, I look at the students. I look at the people who make this country great. We’re looking at Americans’ daily lives,” Favre said.
Favre went so far as to say it would be “insane” to vote for Harris.
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“We've already had President Trump once, we've already seen Kamala in action. We can compare and we know which one is better,” Favre continued. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results…Giving Kamara four more years is insanity. So bench Kamara and bring in a star quarterback. The time has come.”
Favre's support for Trump dates back to the 2020 election, when Trump lost to Biden.
The Hall of Fame quarterback endorsed President Trump in a post on X on October 30, 2020, citing his positions on issues of free speech, gun rights, and support for the military and police.
“My vote is for what makes this country great: freedom of speech and religion, the Second Amendment, hard-working tax-paying citizens, police and military. This election, we have no choice. There is freedom and everyone should respect it.'' And for these principles, my vote is. [Donald Trump]” Favre wrote.
Favre voiced this support even though he has said numerous times that he believes sports are becoming “overly political.”
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Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Resch Center on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Talk Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
From late 2020 to early 2021, Favre hosted a podcast called “Bolling With Favre” with co-host TV personality Eric Bolling. Favre has sparked backlash for his comments on several topics, including NFL players kneeling during the national anthem and his desire to ban transgender people from women's sports.
After Derek Chauvin, the police officer responsible for George Floyd's death, was sentenced to prison, Favre said on his podcast that it was “hard to believe” that Chauvin intended to kill Floyd. . Those comments sparked backlash from current NFL players, including former Pro Bowl wide receiver Steve Smith and fellow former NFL wide receiver Torrey Smith.
The podcast ended in June 2021.
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