{"id":1627254,"date":"2022-08-30T17:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T21:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627254"},"modified":"2022-08-30T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T21:19:58","slug":"cindy-axne-inadvertently-argues-shes-in-chinas-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cindy-axne-inadvertently-argues-shes-in-chinas-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Cindy Axne Inadvertently Argues She\u2019s in China\u2019s Pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcindy-axne-inadvertently-argues-shes-in-chinas-pocket%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Iowa Dem congresswoman criticizes opponent for taking money from Chinese company she toured, praised<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tIowa Rep. Cindy Axne (center) visits Syngenta\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 August 30, 2022 5:15 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In what is sure to be one of the biggest self-owns of the 2022 midterm elections, Iowa Democratic congresswoman Cindy Axne is criticizing her opponent for taking money from a Chinese company\u2014the same company Axne herself toured in 2019 and praised for &#8220;powering Iowa agriculture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Axne on Tuesday released an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WCr00HD9cNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ad<\/a> titled &#8220;Weaken,&#8221; which argues that the congresswoman&#8217;s Republican opponent, Zach Nunn, is in China&#8217;s pocket because he accepted a campaign contribution from a Chinese company. By Axne&#8217;s logic, the Democrat herself is also compromised. Axne in November 2019 visited the company in question, Syngenta, to &#8220;discuss trade, USMCA biofuels, technology, and rural broadband with their team.&#8221; Axne even praised Syngenta for &#8220;powering Iowa agriculture&#8221; and said she was &#8220;glad to hear from our neighbors&#8221; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RepCindyAxne\/posts\/547441992469799?_rdr\">Facebook post<\/a> touting the tour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1632585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-30-at-4.33.57-PM-250x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-30-at-4.33.57-PM-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-30-at-4.33.57-PM-855x1024.png 855w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-30-at-4.33.57-PM-768x920.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-30-at-4.33.57-PM-410x491.png 410w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-30-at-4.33.57-PM.png 1022w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Axne&#8217;s decision to attack a company she herself has praised will almost certainly blunt the anti-Nunn ad campaign&#8217;s effectiveness. It also suggests Axne is feeling desperate as she fights for her political life in Iowa&#8217;s Third Congressional District, which former president Donald Trump won narrowly in 2020. The sole Democrat in Iowa&#8217;s congressional delegation, Axne is a top target for Republicans as they work to take back the House in November and has not won a race by more than 2 points in her career.<\/p>\n<p>Axne&#8217;s campaign did not return a request for comment. In addition to the ad, Axne on Tuesday released a statement arguing that Nunn&#8217;s ties to Syngenta mark &#8220;another example of how Zach Nunn looks out for himself, even if it means leaving Iowans behind.&#8221; The statement did not mention that just three years ago Axne embraced the company as her &#8220;neighbor&#8221; and credited it with energizing Iowa&#8217;s top industry.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Axne&#8217;s past relationship with Syngenta, the Democrat has her own financial skeletons in her closet. In September, a nonpartisan watchdog group filed an ethics complaint showing Axne sold &#8220;more than 40 assets with a total value ranging from approximately $43,043 to $645,000 \u2026 without disclosing the transaction,&#8221; an apparent violation of the STOCK Act, which requires members of Congress to report large financial transactions within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after the complaint was filed, Axne <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/facing-stock-trade-controversy-cindy-axne-used-taxpayer-funds-to-hire-dem-fixer\/\">spent thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds<\/a> to hire liberal attorney Marc Elias. The Democrat went on to avoid punishment, though only because the House Committee on Ethics determined Axne was &#8220;generally unclear on the requirements&#8221; and did not knowingly omit the trades. Axne, who serves on the House Financial Services Committee, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/readsludge.com\/2021\/12\/08\/financial-services-dem-buys-and-sells-finance-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bought and sold<\/a> tens of thousands of dollars&#8217; worth of stocks in financial services companies.<\/p>\n<p>Nunn, a state senator and Air Force veteran, will face Axne in November after winning his primary contest by 47 points in June. He has raised $1.1 million to Axne&#8217;s $4.9 million.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Iowa Dem congresswoman criticizes opponent for taking money from Chinese company she toured, praised  Iowa Rep. 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