Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre thinks America should take back its farms.
Favre, who passionately supported and celebrated President-elect Donald Trump during the election cycle and after his victory, shared a post on X advocating for America to take back agriculture. country owned by China. He shared another post that read, “Do you think China should forfeit its 192,000 acres of American farmland and be banned from buying more?”
Favre endorsed the redistricting with, “That’s a lot of land. If that’s true, Americans should own American farmland.”
Chinese agricultural investments in the US alone between 2009 and 2016, Fox News Digital previously reported.
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Investigative journalist Sara Carter said in 2022 that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated China owned approximately 192,000 hectares of US land in 2019, which she said has expanded by a combined $6.1 billion in land since March 2021.
Carter also found that Chinese-owned agricultural land was in several critical locations in the US, including land near Laughlin Air Base near the US-Mexico border in Texas, but the open, uncontrolled US-Mexico border poses complications given the reported quantity. of China-linked fentanyl being smuggled in from Mexico.
Carter reported that a Chinese company has purchased 370 acres near Grand Forks Air Force Base and in Montana, near a U.S. nuclear site.
The Biden administration failed to follow through properly foreign ownership of American agricultural lands and appeared to have no plan to maintain that data, according to an investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in January.
The research found that the USDA has failed to consistently share timely data on foreign investments in U.S. farmland as required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978.
Republican lawmakers and local leaders across the country have tightened controls on land purchases by foreign investors. The increasing number of land purchases has raised concerns that foreign companies and investors, especially those from China, could exert a stranglehold on key U.S. food and energy supplies.
In March, Reps. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Blake Moore, R-Utah, proposed a plan to expand the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States over the purchase of foreign real estate.
Now, Favre also appears to be doing his part to raise awareness about the issue ahead of Trump’s inauguration and his return to the White House on January 20.
Favre devoted much of his social media presence to praising Trump and criticizing Democrats during the recent election cycle, even joining Trump during his campaign for a rally in Wisconsin. During that meeting, Favre criticized both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their handling of various issues in the country during their administration. He was especially careful to call out Biden for comments he made about Trump supporters being “trash.”
“I can assure you that we are not trash. How dare he say that? I see police officers, teachers, nurses, grandparents, students. I see everyday Americans making this country great,” Favre said.
Favre even went so far as to say voting for Harris would be “insane.”
“We’ve had President Trump before – we’ve already seen Kamala in action. We can compare and we know which one is better,” Favre continued. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results… It would be insane to give Kamala four more years in office. So it’s time to bench Kamala and hire the star quarterback set.”
Favre’s support for Trump dates back to the 2020 election, which Trump lost to Biden.
The Hall of Fame quarterback endorsed Trump in a post on X on October 30, 2020, citing his stance on issues such as free speech, gun rights and support for the military and police.
“My vote goes to what makes this country great: freedom of speech and religion, the Second Amendment, hardworking taxpaying citizens, police and military. In these elections we have freedom of choice, which everyone should respect. For me and these principles, my vote is for (Donald Trump),” Favre wrote.
Favre made this endorsement despite having said on multiple occasions that he believes sports are becoming “too political.”
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Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre speaks during a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
In late 2020 and early 2021, Favre did a podcast called “Bolling With Favre” with co-host TV personality Eric Bolling. Favre sparked backlash with comments on a variety of topics, including his stance on NFL players kneeling for the national anthem and wanting to ban transgender people from women’s sports.
After Derek Chauvin, the police officer responsible for George Floyd’s death, was sentenced to prison, Favre said on the podcast that he “found it hard to believe” that Chauvin intended to kill Floyd. These comments sparked backlash from current NFL players, including former Pro Bowl wide receiver Steve Smith, and fellow former NFL wide receiver Torrey Smith.
The podcast was discontinued in June 2021.
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