Advocates and Nebraska lawmakers are defending a reporter after Gov_ Jim Pillen said her story about environmental concerns at his farms wasn’t worth discussing because the reporter was from “communist China.”
FILE - Nebraska Gov.-elect Jim Pillen answers a question while taking part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference, Nov. 16, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Pillen is facing backlash after comments he made about the Chinese nationality of Flatwater Free Press reporter Yanqi Xu whose story cited environmental concerns at farms owned by the governor. In a column posted Tuesday, Oct.
Xu recalled in an interview Thursday that she was “shocked and saddened” when an editor pulled her aside to tell her what the governor said. But before writing more, the paper wanted to check about any potential repercussions for Xu. how a Florida beachgoer told her to get out of the country and that she was responsible because of her ethnicity.of CBS News asked President Donald Trump a question about the pandemic. Trump said that"maybe that's a question you should ask China. Don't ask me. Ask China that question."
Meanwhile, governors have been raising concerns about foreign land ownership. Prior to this year, 14 states had laws prohibiting or restrictingin private farmland. But that ballooned to 24 states this year as lawmakers in nearly three-quarters of states considered legislation on the topic, according to The National Agriculture Law Center at the University of Arkansas.
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