After blocking a slate of legislation aimed at curtailing China’s influence in Arizona , the state’s governor appears to have been rewarded by a prominent member of the Chinese Communist Party .

On May 2, Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) vetoed legislation that would have banned healthcare and research institutions from using genetic sequencing equipment or software manufactured by entities the Pentagon has designated as “Chinese military companies.” A few weeks later, on June 2, she vetoed another piece of legislation that would have banned the Chinese government from owning land in her state. A few more weeks passed, and campaign finance records show that a CCP businessman cut a $10,000 check to the Democratic Governors Association — one of the primary political committees set to pro

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