Vance Taps Into Voter Frustration Over Proposed Chinese Battery Plant

Vance Taps Into Voter Frustration Over Proposed Chinese Battery Plant
Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance speaks about the economy at Majestic Friesians Horse Farms in Big Rapids, Mich., on Aug. 27, 2024. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images
Lawrence Wilson
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BIG RAPIDS, Mich.—Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in a western Michigan rally on Aug. 27, criticized a controversial proposal to subsidize the construction of a Chinese-owned manufacturing plant in the region with U.S. tax dollars.

Vance told approximately 1,000 attendees that the plan, supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), was a threat to national security.