Harris plans to hit Trump and Vance for not committing to keep funding for auto plants
Vice President Kamala Harris will hit Ohio Sen. JD Vance for refusing to commit to continuing federal support for a General Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan, during her remarks in Flint, Michigan on Friday, a senior campaign official told CNN.
On Wednesday, Vance was asked by reporters at an event whether former president Donald Trump would continue funding a $500 million federal grant approved by the Biden administration for GM’s Lansing Grand River Plant. The grant came as part of funding approved by Biden to incentivize automobile manufacturers to invest in electric vehicles as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed after a tie-breaking vote from Harris.
“The $500 million grant came along with some really ridiculous strings and no protections for American jobs not getting shipped to foreign countries, because a lot– of not just the cars themselves, but the battery components, the minerals, this stuff is all produced in China,” Vance said at an event in Marne, Michigan, on Wednesday.
“And so when we write massive checks on American taxpayer expense to these companies, a lot of times, what we’re doing is selling American middle class jobs to the Communist Chinese, and we ought to be doing exactly the opposite,” he said.
Harris is expected to argue Trump and Vance are threatening manufacturing jobs in Michigan by refusing to commit to maintaining funding for plants that manufacture electric vehicles, the official told CNN. The Biden administration has estimated funding for the plant has helped preserve 650 jobs.
Harris is also expected to highlight a $60 million in federal funding to help create an electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Flint, which the administration estimates will create 150 jobs.
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