(His new nickname: Tiananmen Tim...)

From: https://tinyurl.com/39sbnak4 (dailycaller.com)

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`We Need Answers': China Watchers Sound Alarm On Walz's Cozy Relationship With
Beijing

Reagan Reese White House Correspondent
August 21, 2024 6:37 PM ET

Lawmakers and China experts told the Daily Caller they have grave concerns
about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and his close ties
with Beijing.

Since Vice President Kamala Harris chose the Minnesota governor as her
running mate, he has largely received positive coverage as "folksy,"
"joyful" and a "midwestern dad." But critics have honed in on Walz's past
with China, which includes a honeymoon to the country, a wedding on the
anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the praising of the
country's communist system. China watchers believe that Walz's
relationship with China should be of concern as he inches closer to the
White House.

"Governor Walz should answer to the American people why he took 30 trips
to China, mostly paid for in part or in full by the Chinese Communist
Party. But more importantly, Kamala Harris should explain why she supports
radical left-wing policies like ending fossil fuels and slashing our
defense budget-policies that would be a gift to China," Republican
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton told the Daily Caller.

In 2023 the FBI uncovered Chinese police station's in five states across
the U.S.

Tim Walz has lived in Nebraska, Minnesota, and China. He has visited
China over 30 times and considers them an ally.

Kamala Harris was the U.S. Senator of California and lived in San
Francisco. pic.twitter.com/3q0ACX9y2y

- Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) August 18, 2024

Walz has visited China at least 30 times throughout his life, according to
the New York Times. One of the trips to the country occurred when he was a
fellow at Macau Polytechnic University, a Chinese state-run institution,
according to the National Review. Harris' running mate held the fellow
position while he was a member of Congress.

One man, Shad, who claimed to have joined Walz on one of his trips to the
country, shared concerns about his affinity for the Chinese government
with Alpha News, a local Minnesota outlet.

"It was almost a daily revelation of how much he adores the communist
regime," the former student told Alpha News.

"He's a Maoist to the core and should not be underestimated," Shad, who
asked the outlet not to use his last name, said to Alpha News.

Walz's first visit to the country occurred in 1989 during that fellowship
and not long after the Tiananmen Square massacre, multiple outlets
reported.

The Minnesota governor married his wife on June 4, 1994, the fifth
anniversary of the massacre, the BBC reported. Walz's wife later said that
"he wanted to have a date he'll always remember."

"It's disturbing that the Democratic Party is lining up to nominate Tim
Walz after he brushed off socialism as `neighborliness' and praised
Chinese communism as a system in which `everyone shares.' He fits
perfectly with Kamala Harris, who has repeatedly called for a society that
creates equal outcomes for all Americans," the Vice President of Heritage
Action, Ryan Walker, told the Caller.

While teaching a high school social studies class in 1991, Walz praised
the Chinese communist system. Walz taught his class that "everyone shares"
and gets free food and housing from the Chinese communist government,
according to the resurfaced newspaper piece first reported by the
Washington Free Beacon.

The teacher went on to praise how people paid no taxes in the late 1970s
and got 30 pounds of free food per month, the newspaper article states.

"This appears not to be some quirky snapshot of Walz's 1990s thinking that
he has since renounced, as it is echoed in the food price controls
proposed recently by the Harris-Walz campaign, which have been slammed as
naïve and destructive by critics across the political spectrum," Adam
Savit, director of America First Policy Institute's China policy
initiative, told the Caller.

"Americans deserve to fully understand how deep Governor Walz's
relationship with China goes."

Governor Walz:

Visited China at least 30 times.

Served as a fellow at a Chinese institution that maintains a devotion to
the CCP.

Spoke alongside the President of a Chinese... https://t.co/yDhKc3PxJR

- Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) August 16, 2024

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer penned a letter on Aug. 16
on behalf of Congressional Republicans to launch an investigation into
Walz and his ties to China. Comer asked FBI Director Christopher Wray for
all documents relating to any Chinese entities that the now-governor may
have interacted with while on his trips to the country. The chairman
explained in his letter that it had come to the committee's attention that
Walz had "longstanding connections to CCP-connected entities and
officials."

"Governor Walz's apparent fascination with and connections to the Chinese
Communist Party are troubling to the Committee," Comer told the Caller in
a statement. "The Chinese Communist Party actively exploits trips to China
and positions at their universities in an effort to co-opt influential
figures to the benefit of the communist regime and to destabilize
America."

"What's good for the CCP is often bad for America. The CCP appears to have
recognized something valuable in Governor Walz, and every American should
be concerned about his soft-on-China history," he continued.

When Walz was 25 years old, he told one of his former college professors
that he was "being treated like a king" in China, the Washington Free
Beacon reported.

"No matter how long I live, I'll never be treated that well again," Walz
said at the time to Times-Herald. "They gave me more gifts than I could
bring home. It was an excellent experience."

Harris' running mate also previously spoke on the relationship between
China and the United States, saying in 2016 that it does not necessarily
need to be "adversarial." On another occasion, the Minnesota governor
explained that he is "pretty friendly with China."

Tim Walz: "I'm pretty friendly with China" pic.twitter.com/1aZFzW6TW5

- Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) August 8, 2024

Since Harris tapped Walz to be her running mate about two weeks ago, the
governor hasn't answered questions about the China concerns. Similarly,
the vice president has not done a sit-down interview or a press conference
since launching her campaign for president. Harris is yet to unveil a
policy platform, leaving the American people in the dark on the vice
president's stance on a variety of issues, such as foreign policy.
(RELATED: `Dam Is Going To Break': Trump Insiders Forecast Counterattack
Against Kamala's Basement Campaign)

"I expect a potential Harris administration to continue the Biden policies
toward China, as those policies reflected the new bipartisan consensus
generated by Trump's successful China policy which relied on heavy
tariffs, strategic decoupling, and export controls to create leverage
against the CCP regime. But how would we know?" Savit said.

"Harris has avoided any substantive interviews in the near-month since she
became the de facto Democrat nominee. China is the most important
challenge to our future security and prosperity, and we have no idea about
what one of the major party presidential candidates proposes to do about
it. We need answers," he continued.
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