Two candidates at the top of Kamala Harris ‘ running mate search list have been plagued by damaging allegations. We reported on Sunday that a Democrat running for governor of Pennsylvania accused the governor of being a Democrat. Josh Shapiro, one of the finalists, of covering up sexual abuse in his business.  ,
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Harris was n’t likely to choose Shapiro anyway. Despite hailing from Pennsylvania, a must-win status for Harris, his Jewish identity and pro-Israel positions good may damage the passport among the racist and anti-Zionist wing of the party.
But now the dirt is coming out about another top contender, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz. ). According to a report from Fox News, he” co-founded a company that specializes in detective balloons, which was partially funded by a venture capitalist in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.”
The document explains how Kelly co-founded World View in Tucson, Ariz., in 2012. Primarily focused on space commerce using soaring balloons, the company’s perception has since evolved with technological advancements.
As our technologies matured, we saw an option for quick use cases for our technologies through remote detecting services to defense, academic, and industrial customers, according to a World View spokesman who spoke to Fox News Digital. Our main focus is still to provide remote sensing services to the U.S. Department of Defense and her allies through the use of intellect, security, and surveillance capabilities as well as to support medical organizations like NASA, NOAA, and others to better comprehend Earth from the distinctive ambient level of the stratosphere.
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Forbes reported that World View received walk capital from Tencent in 2013 and again in 2016 immediately after the initial launch.
Tencent is one of China’s largest companies, and it was founded in 1998 by” Pony” Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan and Zeng Liqing. Last year,” Pony” Ma Huateng was listed by Forbes as the fourth-richest man in China with a net worth of$ 32.1 billion. Ma is also the CEO of Tencent.
A Chinese spy balloon was permitted to surveillance U.S. military installations last year by the Biden-Harris administration, but it probably would n’t have informed the public. However, civilians did so, leading to widespread media coverage. Beijing may be informed by the bubble in real time. The Air Force did n’t finally shoot down it until after it had completely surveillance U.S. military installations.  ,
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2021 that Tencent had collected a lot of information from Snapchat, the most popular social media platform in China, over the years. The data was gathered as part of the running of the chats and financial transactions of its more than one billion active consumers, the majority of whom were Chinese. The Taiwanese government, which apparently regulates Google and often has it control dissenting views, has become a strong surveillance tool for the company’s platform WeChat.  ,
With Tencent’s ties to the Chinese government, World View told Fox News Digital on Saturday that Tencent has “zero exposure, zero type and zero power” over the business.
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According to a company spokesperson,” the current administration believed that the company’s decision to accept Chinese investment was incorrect.” When new management arrived in 2019 and learned about the purchase, they immediately took action to protect World View from any and all participation from Chinese investor representatives.
But, Kelly’s company’s first ties with a Chinese buyer may fire concerns as the Harris plan vets him. Welcome to the federal light, Sen. Kelly.
