Vice President Harris speaks all over a rally on Oct. 4 in Flint, Mich.
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FLINT, Mich. – Vice President Harris driven again in opposition to a barrage of assaults from her Republican opponent falsely alleging that she intends to cancel gas-powered automobiles.
“Let us be clear, contrary to what my opponent is suggesting, I will never tell you what kind of car you have to drive,” Harris mentioned at a rally on Friday, countering that former President Donald Trump would harm the automobile business and the union employees that energy it on this important swing situation.
Trump and Republicans have lengthy railed in opposition to insurance policies and incentives championed by means of President Biden geared toward boosting electrical cars, measures he has mentioned can be excellent for the condition and for complex production jobs.
Trump frequently slams Harris at his rallies over the problem. In recent years, his marketing campaign has spent greater than $1 million airing a television ad in Michigan that tells autoworkers that “Kamala Harris wants to end all gas-powered cars” and that “massive layoffs already started.”
Harris – who used to be preceded on degree on the rally by means of the president of the United Auto Employees, a union that has counseled her – mentioned six auto vegetation closed when Trump used to be in administrative center and accused him of creating “empty promises” about supporting the field.
“We will not be gaslighted,” she mentioned.
“We will ensure that the next generation of breakthroughs, from advanced batteries to electric vehicles are not only invented, but built right here in America by American union workers,” Harris mentioned.
She pointed to a Detroit Information document that Trump’s operating mate JD Vance was noncommittal a few provide to a GM plant in Lansing, Michigan. The Biden management gave the corporate $500 million to transform the plant to put together electrical cars. “He might let the Grand River assembly plant in Lansing close down,” she mentioned.
