New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution yesterday revealed that unelected “political mega-donor” Senator Kelly Loeffler’s company partnered with a Chinese state-owned company just weeks after her campaign claimed they had cut ties with the company.
Despite her tough talk on China and months of vowing to “hold China accountable,” Loeffler’s company ICE was caught partnering with a Chinese government-run oil company. Just last month, the AJC uncovered that Loeffler’s company bought a stake in a firm that “was controlled by a state-run energy conglomerate run by Jiang Jiemen, a senior member of the Communist Party with close ties to Chinese leaders.” Loeffler’s team claimed at the time that the unelected Senator’s company sold their stake in the firm, but the AJC’s latest reporting revealed that ICE “has another link to China” through the same Chinese government-owned company.
“Senator Loeffler can’t keep her story straight. One minute she’s claiming to be tough on China, and the next she’s caught lying again about her company’s ties to a Chinese state-owned firm,” said DSCC spokesperson Helen Kalla. “Kelly Loeffler is trying to have it both ways, but it’s clear that she can’t be trusted to be honest with Georgians about her number one priority: her own personal wealth.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Jolt: Georgia runoffs as a ‘Braveheart’ sequel — ‘where everyone paints their face blue and just charges’
By Jim Galloway, Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, and Patricia Murphy
November 11, 2020
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