Protecting America Initiative Announces Chad Wolf as Senior Advisor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Protecting America Initiative (PAI) today announced Former Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf is joining the organization as a Senior Advisor. The addition of Wolf comes as PAI looks to expand its efforts from advocating for state policies to combat the ChineseCommunist Party’s influence in America to also supporting President Trump’s agenda to do the same at the federal level.

Wolf has over 25 years of government and public policy experience, having served in two presidential administrations, on Capitol Hill, and in the private sector. Wolf previously served as Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security where he led efforts to address Communist China’s intensifying threat to the U.S. in the first-ever Homeland Threat Assessment and by establishing the “China Working Group”at DHS.

Wolf made the following statement about joining the Protecting America Initiative:

“I am proud to join the effort to combat the CCP with the Protecting America Initiative and I look forward to fighting for President Trump’s agenda to stop China’s attempts to infiltrate our southern border, food supply, economy, and national security apparatus.

The threat that Communist China poses to the United States continues to intensify — Thankfully, we have a president in office who takes this threat seriously and is actively working to combat China’s attempts to influence our nation. The Protecting America Initiative is with President Trump every step of the way so that we can secure a safe and lasting future for our next generation.” 

Wolf will join Ric Grenell, former Ambassador to Germany and Acting Director of National Intelligence, in advising the Protecting America Initiative as the group works to address the threat that Communist China poses to the United States. 

About the Protecting America Initiative: The Protecting America Initiative is a conservative nonprofit organization that supports state lawmakers in their effort to crack down on the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party as they attempt to leverage America’s economy, food supply, lawmaking, and education.

BACKGROUND:

• The Protecting America Initiative in September released a model policy platformwith recommendations on how states across the country should combat in the threat of Communist China. These state policy solutions address key areas where we are vulnerable to Communist China’s efforts to leverage the US:

  • Buying U.S. Farmland

  • Lobbying Local Politicians and Buying Influence

  • Taking Taxpayer Money

  • Dependence on Chinese Technology

  • Infiltrating American Infrastructure

  • Influence in Higher Education

  • Chinese Fentanyl and Illegal Immigration

• PAI hosted President Donald J. Trump in September at a roundtable with Pennsylvania farmers on the need to combat the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on America’s agriculture industry and food supply.

• PAI released polling in August demonstrating an overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned about the CCP’s threat to the United States’ national security, food security, infrastructure, and higher education, and influence over our elected officials.

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