SAN ANTONIO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton focused on affordability, rural health care, and Chinese Communist Party influence in Texas during a press conference Tuesday.
Paxton spoke at VFW Post 4676, near Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, about what he described as efforts to prevent Chinese government influence and ownership in the state.
He pointed to a Chinese billionaire’s purchase of more than 100,000 acres in a county near Laughlin Air Force Base, where the U.S. Air Force trains pilots. Paxton said the purchase raised national security concerns…