EXCLUSIVE: Stacey Abrams turns China hawk to attack Gov. Kemp, warns of 'national security threat' from CCP

foxnews.com:

ATLANTA – Stacey Abrams is blasting Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for enticing increased Chinese investment in the state despite what she says is the greater threat to national security it could bring, as well as the potential surveillance of Georgians by the Chinese Communist Party.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the Democratic nominee for governor hammered Kemp for using taxpayer dollars to encourage Chinese companies to purchase Georgia farmland, and cited Republican lawmakers, and former President Trump, who have expressed concern over China's investments, to further her argument.

Abrams also warned against Georgia officials' use of the Chinese messaging service WeChat, which shares its data with the Chinese government by law, to communicate with companies in China interested in investing in the state. "We need to be deeply, deeply concerned, because it's not just a national security issue, it is a Georgia ownership issue. [Kemp] is placing farmland in the state of Georgia in the hands of, basically, a nation that has proven itself to be a national security threat," Abrams said.

Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams speaks with Fox News' Brandon Gillespie following a rally with the Asian-American community in Gwinnett County, Georgia on Oct.