Environment
Montana Senator censored, Twitter account suspended, for hunting photo
The hashtag #FreeSteveDaines has flooded social media after the Twitter account of United States Senator Steve Daines, a Republican from Montana, was suspended. The decision by Twitter came Monday night, reportedly due to the profile photo which shows him with his wife next to a hunted Montana antelope.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Daines showed no fear against the platform’s preposterous policy by simply saying, “My wife is a great shot. What can I say?”
Rachel Dumke, press secretary for Daines, said in a statement to Fox News Digital “The Senator thinks it’s preposterous that a picture of him and his wife hunting — an activity that is engrained in the Montana way of life — would be against Twitter rules. Our team has reached out to Twitter, and we’ll be working to get this resolved.”
Supporters from the conservative as well as hunting communities have come to Daines’ defense. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas tweeted: “Ridiculous. My friend @SteveDaines is in @Twitter jail for posting this pic w/ his wife Cindy. If you don’t like hunting, fine, don’t go. But don’t censor others who disagree. And I’m pretty sure this is a formal job responsibility for a senator from Montana!”
2/2 @SteveDaines told me he was aiming for the balloon, but hit an antelope instead. 🎈
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 7, 2023
Republican Representative from Montana, Ryan Zinke complimented the Senator’s wife, writing, “Great shot, Cindy!”
This is the family photo that got @SteveDaines put in twitter jail. Stop censoring our Montana way of life! Great shot, Cindy! pic.twitter.com/wXp0M53PeW
— Ryan Zinke (@RyanZinke) February 7, 2023
China
Electric Vehicle company with Chinese ties awarded $500 million of taxpayer money for 2nd U.S. plant
With a little help from their Democrat friends, a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party just announced the opening of its second plant in the United States.
Fox News reports Gotion Inc., whose parent company Gotion High-Tech is based in Hefei, China, unveiled plans to build a $2 billion lithium battery plant in Manteno, Illinois, alongside Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who cheered the project.
The announcement comes amid growing opposition to the company’s plans to build a billion-dollar factory in Mecosta County, Michigan.
In order to make the expansion happen, lobbyists for the Chinese Communist Party-tied electric vehicle company funneled cash to Democrats. “Individuals at a law firm registered as foreign agents to lobby on behalf of Gotion, a Chinese electric vehicle battery company developing a controversial project in Michigan, and wired campaign contributions to several top Democrats” reports Fox News.
“According to state and federal filings, Monique Field-Foster, an attorney at the Lansing office of the Warner Norcross + Judd law firm who is acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Gotion, donated to the campaigns of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer’s sister Liz Gereghty and Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Rep. Elissa Slotkin” the Fox News report continued.
“With the right incentives, nation-leading infrastructure, world-class workforce and booming clean energy production, we have transformed ourselves into an attractive location for global manufacturers. Today, we take another leap forward. It’s my pleasure to welcome Gotion to Illinois and to show the world yet again that Illinois is ready to be a player on the world stage.”
Pritzker delivered remarks late last week thanking Gotion for choosing Illinois to call “home” in a ceremony with leaders from Gotion High-Tech, including Li Zhen, the company’s chairman and president, who said he expected the factory to open in less than 12 months.
“All that we see here [in Illinois] are of enormous value to us: an enabling business environment, a supportive state government for the new energy industry and their highly efficient work, as well as the prospects of the State of Illinois in the coming years,” the Gotion president added. “We believe that Gotion’s battery technology will help to boost e-mobility in North America and the economic and trade exchanges between China and the U.S.”
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Johnny G
February 7, 2023 at 5:12 pm
Just goes to show what out of touch snowflakes run the twitter jail. I am sure they would have put the Montana Senator is a real jail if they were in control. Just a warning if these loons ever get the type of gun control they are advocating for. Wonder how these people would do if they ever had to actually go to war. My guess is they would immediately give up nd be exterminated in a POW camp. No one wants weak individuals around them lest they infect everyone else.
Tom Donaldson
February 7, 2023 at 5:35 pm
Why would anyone patronise Twitter, anyway? It’s trash. Good
for the Senator and his wife. I would vote for him if I was from Montana.
Oliver Harris
February 7, 2023 at 5:47 pm
ELON – WTF ??
Phil Dufault
February 7, 2023 at 5:56 pm
Time for all of us to Delete Twitter! I never got there!
I always thought that was a stupid name for messaging people. TWeeter
Robert Laughlin
February 7, 2023 at 6:14 pm
Sounds arrogant and stupid as there’s no reasonable explanation or moral argument !!! It doesn’t make sense in a free society. This is America, the land of the free!!!
Debra Trinchini
February 7, 2023 at 6:46 pm
The only thing I found offensive was the blood coming from the antelope’s mouth, which confirmed it had been shot/killed. Maybe if the animal had been posed differently? However, I don’t know if that’s why Twitter did not approve of it; where’s Elon Musk?