{"id":1807492,"date":"2023-01-16T14:20:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807492"},"modified":"2023-01-16T14:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:22:15","slug":"youngkin-quashes-construction-of-green-energy-plant-that-would-have-been-a-front-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-quashes-construction-of-green-energy-plant-that-would-have-been-a-front-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin Quashes Construction of Green Energy Plant That Would Have Been &#8216;a Front for China&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fyoungkin-quashes-construction-of-green-energy-plant-that-would-have-been-a-front-for-china%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=1807492&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-->\n<\/p>\n<p>Republican Virginia governor defeats China-tied Democrat. Virginia Republican governor Glenn Youngkin defeated Chinese president Xi Jinping \/ Getty Images    <\/p>\n<p>Glenn Youngkin, the Republican governor of Virginia, told reporters Wednesday that he was blocking construction of an electric car battery facility. &#8220;a front for China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the Ford Motor Company owned the plant, Contemporary Amperex Technology in China would have run it. &#8220;the technology used in building the battery cells,&#8221; The <em>Virginia Mercury<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiamercury.com\/2023\/01\/12\/youngkin-halted-ford-battery-plant-plans-in-virginia-over-concerns-about-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Youngkin stated Wednesday that he had halted plans for the factory&#8217;s construction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We welcome and encourage economic cooperation with international companies,&#8221; The governor replied, &#8220;&#8216;Made in Virginia&#8217; cannot be a front for the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin defeated Terry McAuliffe (Democratic former governor) unexpectedly in the 2021 Governor&#8217;s race. McAuliffe may not have nixed this plant if he had won. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/terry-mcauliffe-involved-shady-deals-chinese-two-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an almost 30-year relationship<\/a> China: Especially partnering with a Chinese businessman in order to start an <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/offshore-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric car company<\/a> They offered visas to Chinese investors.<\/p>\n<p>A top McAuliffe fundraiser was announced as late as 2021 &#8220;solicited Chinese investment in the Washington, D.C., area,&#8221; The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/mcauliffe-fundraises-with-real-estate-exec-who-pushed-controversial-visa-program-to-attract-chinese-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin explained to reporters that his experience as CEO of Carlyle Group, an equity firm, has made him an expert in this field. &#8220;uniquely positioned to understand how the Chinese Communist Party works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have one objective,&#8221; The governor stated that: &#8220;global dominance at the expense of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R.) told reporters on Wednesday that he is blocking an electric car battery plant that would have been &#8220;a front for China.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe post Youngkin Quashes Construction of Green Energy Plant That Would Have Been &#8216;a Front for China&#8217; appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":1807495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[7197,4092,4501,5919,4486,5812,3919,15133,15109],"class_list":["post-1807492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-a","tag-beacon","tag-china","tag-construction","tag-energy","tag-green","tag-plant","tag-quashes","tag-youngkin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1807492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1807495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1807492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1807492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}