Jane C. Timm is a senior reporter for NBC News.
Five Republican presidential candidates traded rhetorical blows in Miami Wednesday night, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Tim Scott discussed everything from fracking and fentanyl to the economy and Donald Trump. Some of the claims they made over two hours on stage were false or exaggerated, while others required critical context, and yet more adhered more closely to the truth.
Is China buying up American farmland? “My message to Xi Jinping is this, you are done buying land in this country,” said Ramaswamy. “China is buying our farmland,” Scott said. This is largely false. While state and federal lawmakers have been pushing to restrict Chinese purchases of land in America, a recent NBC News data analysis of real estate purchases filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed fewer than 1,400 acres were purchased by China in the past year and a half, out of 1.
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