WSJ: Slotkin voted last month to keep the Administration’s mandate in place
In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal addressed Slotkin’s support for the Biden-Harris EV mandates, and her recent vote to uphold the mandates that will destroy Michigan’s auto industry.
REMINDER: Slotkin voted THREE TIMES to support the Biden-Harris EV mandates, and even signed a secret agreement to facilitate helping a Chinese-backed company move to Michigan and give away $175 million Michigan taxpayer dollars.
In case you missed it…
Michigan and the EV Mandate Backlash
Editorial Board
October 8, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration keeps selling the wonders of its electric-vehicle rules and subsidies, but the politics of this supposed gift aren’t turning out so well. Republicans in the swing state of Michigan are campaigning on the issue, and Democrats are suddenly on the defensive.
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Here’s the policy background: The Environmental Protection Agency’s new greenhouse gas emissions rules require that battery-powered and plug-in hybrid vehicles make up 32% of auto maker sales in 2027. By 2032 no more than 29% of new cars can be gas-powered. Ergo, there will be only one gas-powered model for every two electric cars on dealer lots.
Ms. Harris and Democratic Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin claim the Biden rule isn’t an EV mandate. “No one should tell us what to buy, and no one is going to mandate anything,” Ms. Slotkin says in an ad.
The reality is that there will be many fewer gas-powered cars available, and they’ll cost much more owing to the government’s limit on supply. As her GOP opponent, Mike Rogers, points out in a dueling ad, Ms. Slotkin voted last month to keep the Administration’s mandate in place—an accurate reference to a House resolution to overturn the EPA rules.
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All of this is creating the popular backlash that the GOP is understandably using to good political effect. The election is forcing the policy debate that Congress never had. Michigan’s Senate and presidential races are tight, and if Democrats lose either one, their EV coercion will be a big reason.
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
Learn more about Mike Rogers and his plan to Get America Back on Track at RogersForSenate.com.
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