Ted Cruz: “Chen Tianku bought nearly 200,000 acres of farmland in…”

“I'm doing the best I can. He's a billionaire. He's a Chinese Communist Party member, is the second largest foreign owner of farmland in the United States. He Chen Tianku bought nearly 200,000 acres of farmland in Oregon in 2015 at about $430 an acre. His purchase of the acreage didn't even appear in government records of land ownership by foreign investors until it was first revealed in January.” (10:37–10:46)

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