By Arizona Agenda
After Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill last year to ban China from owning land in Arizona, Republicans brought their outrage to national conservative media outlets.
Kari Lake took to “Fox and Friends” to call her former political rival “disingenuous,” and Senate President Warren Petersen said he’d pursue a veto override with a two-thirds vote from lawmakers.
Legislative Republicans, joined by some Democrats, had voted for the bill to prevent China from buying land near military bases.
But unlike many of the more than 170 bills Hobbs vetoed last year, the governor didn’t reject this one as unserious or ideological. Instead, she said lawmakers weren’t being tough enough on China.
“The legislative majority needs to stop playing games with Arizona’s security and get serious about cracking down on enemies seeking to do us harm,” Hobbs said in a statement.
