Mike Kehoe in 2024 AdWatch


On Foreign Policy: AdWatch: My opponent allows China owning Missouri ag land

Jay Ashcroft has become a vocal cheerleader for restricting foreign-owned farmland in Missouri. Now, Ashcroft's opponents are using his past advocacy against him.

A campaign ad titled "Cows" depicts a Missouri bovine forced to learn a new language "now that my farm is owned by China." The cow says its herd is wondering why Ashcroft supported a law "allowing the Chinese Communist Party to buy land here in Missouri, even land near sensitive US military bases." Other cows in the ad are adorned with the flag of China.

Asked to back up the claim about Ashcroft, a spokesman for [the pro-Mike Kehoe PAC funding the ad] pointed to legislation Ashcroft testified for in 2023 that would restrict foreign-owned purchases. The bill would have reduced the current 1% cap on foreign-owned agricultural land to 0.5%, and also would have barred "any alien or foreign business" from buying land within 30 miles of agricultural land, military installations and more.

Source: StlToday AdWatch on 2024 Missouri Gubernatorial race, "Cows" May 31, 2024

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