LA CROSSE, WI. – This weekend, an article in The Center Square was published, highlighting Rebecca Cooke’s growing China problem. Cooke touted an endorsement from the far-left climate activism organization, National Resources Defense Council Action Fund, “a group with documented ties to Beijing, including a local office and personnel with past connections to the Chinese government.”
NRDC EXTREME ANTI-ENERGY RECORD:
- Supports a nationwide fracking ban, including in Wisconsin, a leading producer of frac sand
- Supports Biden-Harris’ LNG ban that would skyrocket the cost of diesel and fertilizer
- Policies promoted by NRDC would “lead to the mass closure of small farms”
- Opposes Wisconsin’s Line 5 pipeline, which transports “540,000 barrels of light crude oil, light synthetic crude oil, and natural gas liquids” daily
- Backs the Green New Deal, a $93 TRILLION plan that would impose massive costs on families and small farms, including eliminating “farting cows” to reach net-zero emissions
You can read the full story HERE or see highlights below:
THE CENTER SQUARE: Wisconsin 3rd Congressional race has focus on Chinese connections
By Jon Styf | Apr 3, 2026
“Cooke recently touted an endorsement from the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Plan, a group heavily tied to China with everything from a Beijing office to employees who came to NRDC from the Chinese government. The group supports a fracking ban, opposes the Line 5 pipeline that stretches across Wisconsin and it supports the Green New Deal.
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“If [Cooke] gets her way, costs will soar, family farms will collapse, and the U.S. will hand more power to adversaries like China. She claims her family lost their farm to competition, but now she’s willingly siding with radicals who would make it impossible for any small farm to survive. Cooke would sell out Wisconsin families, even her own, just to pander to Washington Democrats.”
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[Cooke’s campaign] didn’t directly respond to questions from The Center Square about NRDC’s Chinese ties
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“Cooke can’t claim that she’s against Chinese owned farm land, while getting in bed with groups tied to China whose policies enrich China and crush American farmers,” Kim said. “So either she didn’t bother to research who she’s getting in bed with, or she’s willing to sell out Wisconsin farmers to advance a far-left, China-benefiting agenda. Neither is acceptable and shows that she is completely unfit to represent our state.”
