Michigan will receive visits from both former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, this week.
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Trump to visit Potterville, Vance to visit Big Rapids as recent poll shows support declining in Michigan
By
Dave Clark,EditorUpdated Aug 26, 2024 11:14 a.m.
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) appear on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Michigan will receive visits from both former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, this week as a recent poll shows the Republican ticket losing support in the battleground state.
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Vance will offer remarks at a Tuesday campaign stop at Majestic Friesians Horse Farms in Green Township near Big Rapids. Doors will open to the public at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 27, the Trump-Vance campaign announced Friday.
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Vance will speak on the economy, inflation, and manufacturing at about 1:30 p.m. He is also likely to discuss the construction of the Gotion North America battery component plant located near the horse farm. Lori Brock, owner of the Majestic Friesians on 19 Mile Road, has been an outspoken opponent of the project.
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On Aug. 21, the Trump campaign, in collaboration with U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, organized a rally at the same location to express opposition to the Gotion project. The rally featured speeches from Rogers, U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, and former U.S. Rep. and current Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra.
Rogers said, during his remarks,
that the CCP is trying to plant roots in U.S. soil through facilities like Gotion's.
"They are very aggressive, and they don't have our interests at heart. This is our chance to stand up and tell Washington D.C., who apparently isn't listening very well, that we are not going to take a Chinese company, with Chinese interests, taking American jobs in our community," he said.
The Trump-Vance campaign criticized recent inflation increases and auto industry layoffs, including those announced at Stellantis' Warren truck assembly plant, in a news release announcing Vance's visit.
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Trump will deliver a speech on the economy at Alro Steel, a distributor of metals and plastics, in Potterville, 15 miles southwest of Lansing, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
"President Trump knows that Michiganders can’t afford another four years of leadership that frivolously spends our hard-earned money," the press release from the Trump campaign said. "President Trump will make America affordable again and make sure that more of our money stays in our pocketbooks."
The Republican nominee for president also will speak at a conference of the National Guard Association of the United States on Monday, Aug. 26 in Detroit.
Last week, Trump visited Michigan to offer remarks on crime during an event that wasn't open to the public at a
Livingston County Sheriff's Office facility in Howell.
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Trump trails Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, in Michigan, according to a poll by conservative group American Greatness that was released on Friday.
According to
Newsweek, a poll by American Greatness/TIPP, which describes itself as aiming to be "the leading voice of the next generation of American Conservatism," and conducted by TechnoMetrica, shows Harris leading Trump in Michigan by two points — 48 to 46 percent. The poll was conducted with a sample of 1,001 registered voters in Michigan Aug. 20-22 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.