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Curtis Hertel threatened America’s security.

CLAIM: Curtis Hertel backed a bill that gave over one hundred million of our tax dollars to a company tied to Communist China.

On September 28, 2022, Curtis Hertel Jr. voted in favor Of SB 844, which included $846 Million to The Strategic Outreach and
Attraction Reserve Fund (SOAR).

SOAR included $175 Million in state grants for Gotion, a company tied to Communist China.

CLAIM: Hertel took campaign contributions from the law firm that lobbied for the deal.

In 2023, Fox News reported that lobbyists for a CCP-tied company funneled cash to Democrats after filing as foreign agents.

Since 2015, the firm’s PAC contributed thousands to state campaigns for Hertel.

CLAIM: Two former CIA Directors called Hertel’s deal a national security threat.

In January 2024, Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta told lawmakers during a House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hearing that a proposed battery plant in Michigan could be used for Chinese espionage.

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo also testified that the plants were “deeply dangerous” to U.S. national security.