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Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” Charles Blow stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode “China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S. TikTok posts stated on April 9, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok “China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir usando TikTok". Instagram posts stated on January 3, 2025 in a post China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.” Social Media stated on December 30, 2024 in a post Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.” Michigan Republican Party stated on October 8, 2024 in an X post Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.” Dave McCormick stated on August 25, 2024 in a TV ad Sen. Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.” Elissa Slotkin stated on August 9, 2024 in Meta ad Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.” Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working." Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook "Barco chino destruye imponente barco en Baltimore". Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in Facebook posts The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company. Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post Chinese scientists “created (a) new COVID-19 strain (with) 100% fatality.” SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.” Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook "Neumonia misteriosa ya está golpeando" a niños en Estados Unidos "lo mismo que está pasando en China". Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. Nikki Haley stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina. Vivek Ramaswamy stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.” Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”. Load more
Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
Charles Blow stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode “China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.
TikTok posts stated on April 9, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok “China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir usando TikTok".
Instagram posts stated on January 3, 2025 in a post China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.”
Social Media stated on December 30, 2024 in a post Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.”
Michigan Republican Party stated on October 8, 2024 in an X post Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.”
Dave McCormick stated on August 25, 2024 in a TV ad Sen. Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.”
Elissa Slotkin stated on August 9, 2024 in Meta ad Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.”
Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook "Barco chino destruye imponente barco en Baltimore".
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in Facebook posts The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post Chinese scientists “created (a) new COVID-19 strain (with) 100% fatality.”
SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook "Neumonia misteriosa ya está golpeando" a niños en Estados Unidos "lo mismo que está pasando en China".
Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Nikki Haley stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”.
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