If you’ve been wondering about Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s many trips to the Middle Kingdom, you’re not alone. It’s a bit strange for an American politician to be so comfortable with China, a communist country under the autocracy of Chairman Xi and a nation that isn’t exactly amiable to the United States. It’s a bit like that crazy senior Bolshevik from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, honeymooning in the Soviet Union – except Tim Walz kept returning to China. It is enough to provoke questions.
On Wednesday, that curiosity was rewarded, even if the Harris/Walz campaign may not be too elated about it. It turns out that Tim Walz may well have provided indirect support for the Wuhan Institute of Virology – yes, The Wuhan Institute of Virology:
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is coming under fire for supporting a U.S. research institute with ties to the United States China.
The university MinnesotaThe Hormel Institute has published research and collaborated with scientists from the infamous China Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the same laboratory FBI concluded it was likely the birthplace of COVID.
The WIV has also been the site of numerous experiments by the Chinese military’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including some grisly ones on animals.
And Walz, who has spoken widely about China and made dozens of trips there, including his honeymoon, has worked to secure at least $7 million in funding for the Hormel Institute.
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So we have an American politician working to obtain funding for an American organization, the Hormel Institute, which supports and collaborates with a Chinese virology laboratory that has a history of conducting ethically questionable experiments and is very likely the origin of the COVID -19 is. 19 virus. Now this American politician is a candidate for the second highest elected office in the country; a heartbeat away from being commander in chief of all armed forces.
Curiouser and curiouser.
These connections are now attracting the attention of at least one US senator, according to a letter obtained exclusively by the Daily Mail
Now a concerned Republican is calling for the institute to be shut down, reflecting “a troubling disregard for national security concerns.” Sales information about Walz’s “unwavering” support.
“I write to you today with growing concern about the Hormel Institute’s longstanding partnership with China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV),” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote in a letter to research group leader David Clarke, who exclusively obtained from DailyMail.com.
“It is important to understand the full extent of your institution’s involvement in a partnership that could benefit our country’s primary geopolitical adversary,” the letter said.
I say it’s critical. As we saw on Tuesday, Tim Walz is not only a terrible debater, but he also has some pretty questionable ties to Chinese interests, and this one might be one of the most questionable of all. The Hormel Institute and Tim Walz owe the American people some answers, and soon, because the Chinese Communist Party certainly won’t talk about this, not with Senator Cruz or anyone else.
The COVID debacle, of course, set the United States (and the world) back two years economically. It destroyed businesses, it probably caused costs Trillions in lost sales for private and public organizations alike; It cost children valuable education in the classroom and resulted in the lasting damage (rightly) of millions of Americans’ trust in the national health care apparatus. And now we’re learning that a candidate for vice president, one who showed in Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate that he can’t even remember with certainty when he was actually in China, let alone explain exactly what the Attraction exists That made him repeatedly visit this communist country?
What other Chinese institutions is Walz connected to in one way or another? What was his motivation for raising money (perhaps indirectly, but still) for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology? These are questions that should definitely be answered before Election Day.
Later on Wednesday, Governor Walz attempted more damage control (see link below):
Walz was made aware of the Tiananmen Square story again on Wednesday as he traveled to campaign.
“I gave the wrong information. “I was in Hong Kong and China in 1989,” he told reporters.
“I need to be clearer,” he continued, adding, “I understand China a hell of a lot better than Trump.”
Indeed. That’s what we’re worried about.
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