# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7945 "2023-02-17T18:35:19Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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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](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-outrage-texas-dems-decry-bill-outlawing-foreign-land-ownership-as-racist/978834):
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> 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…

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