NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)

[Great_Antibob]

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Greg Abbott says he will sign a bill making it illegal for citizens of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from buying land in Texas.

There’s a thread in P&E on this one:

Misguided outrage? Texas Dems decry bill outlawing foreign land ownership as racist

Basically the Texas Legislature has introduced a bill to outlaw land ownership by foreign nationals from three countries in particular - China, North Korea, and Russia. And Texas Democrats have decried this as racist. What I’m wondering if it’s necessarily racist, or if it’s more political than that. I mean, in light of the Ukrainian war, banning Russian nationals from owning land doesn’t seem entirely wrong. And the same goes for North Koreans. China’s the only wildcard here, and consi…