As speculation intensifies over Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential running mate, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly appears to be an early frontrunner.
James O’Keefe revealed that Kelly’s campaign staff misled voters about his stance on abortion. Despite being pro-abortion, a staffer suggested portraying Kelly as “pro-life but also pro-keeping the government out of our healthcare” to appeal to a broader base.
In addition, Kelly supported hiring 87,000 more IRS agents to target taxpayers and small businesses but voted against hiring 18,000 new border patrol agents for border security.
Furthermore, Kelly’s connections to China are facing renewed scrutiny, including his involvement in founding World View Enterprises, a Tucson-based aerial surveillance company with ties to Tencent Holding Unlimited, a major Chinese tech company linked to the CCP.
An Arizona company that manufactures and operates high-altitude surveillance balloons, and contracts with the federal government, faces renewed attention in the aftermath of the destruction of a spy balloon sent by the Chinese government that entered U.S. airspace earlier this month.
- As recently as seven years ago, the company secured funds from Chinese investors.
Context: Tucson-based World View, cofounded by now-U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly in 2012, received venture capital from Tencent — among the largest tech companies in China — both in 2013 and 2016.
- Tencent, like most Chinese tech giants, has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Buried at the bottom of a loooong puff piece in the NYT about the supposedly perfect resume of Mark Kelly as potential Kamala VP pick is this rather significant problem: pic.twitter.com/Omk0HLoiAJ
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) July 26, 2024
Kelly has additional connections to the communist nation, such as making appearances in China at recruitment events for Shaklee, a company that specializes in multi-level marketing and the sale of supplements.
NEWS 📰: Mark Kelly was a pitchman for a pyramid scheme to sell supplements, and was paid to speak at recruiting events in China. #AZSen #azpolitics https://t.co/CnBgO7FA8I pic.twitter.com/zZsXHk37hl
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) April 17, 2019
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