Trump for Auto Workers 2024 founder Brian Pannebecker will hold a rally for former President Trump in Warren, Michigan on Friday.
auto workers in the rust beltPeople, traditionally the linchpin of the blue voting base, are not voting for Vice President Kamala Harris this time, the founder of Auto Workers for Trump 2024 has argued.
Brian Pannebecker, the group’s founder, told a cheering crowd of supporters. former president trump At a rally in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, days before the presidential election.
“We’re not voting for Kamala Harris. … Don’t believe what you see Sean Fein talking about,” he said. “Autoworkers, members of the UAW, are voting for President Donald Trump.”
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Former Republican presidential candidate Trump listens to a speech by Brian Pannebecker at a campaign rally in Novi, Michigan on October 26th. (Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images/Fox News)
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Pannebecker said some of his employees made the switch after layoffs for auto workers as the Biden-Harris administration pushes for electric vehicle mandates.
Pannebecker said Ford Motor Co.’s recent layoffs of hundreds of employees were difficult for the man responsible for manufacturing the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning to digest.
“They laid everyone off until next year. People during holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s are out of work,” he said. “We don’t know when they’ll come back, but it won’t be until at least next year.”
Ford Motor Co.’s battery-powered F-150 Lightning truck is in production at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. (Jeff Kowalski/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Ford on Thursday announced job cuts at its Dearborn plant and said it would shut down an assembly plant that makes battery-powered trucks from mid-November until January 6.
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“We continue to adjust production to achieve the optimal combination of sales growth and profitability,” Ford said in a statement.
The company has recently chosen to invest more in hybrid vehicles rather than EVs after suffering significant losses in its EV division due to weak consumer demand.
Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are stuck in Michigan. (Fox News/Getty Images/Fox News)
The cuts come just four days before the presidential election, as voters in battleground states debate the government’s support for EVs.
Trump and Harris are eyeing Michigan, and dueling campaigns are investing time and money in the battleground state.
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In July, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Board of Directors announced its endorsement of Harris.
“Our job in this election is to defeat Donald Trump, elect Kamala Harris, and build on her proven record of serving the working class,” UAW President Sean Fein said in a statement at the time. It’s about building.”
“We’re at a crossroads in this country. We can put a billionaire back in power who opposes everything unions stand for, or we can put a billionaire back in power who stands alongside us in the fight against corporate greed. You can also elect Mr. Harris.”
The Ford Motor Company logo appears on the electric vehicle’s front grill. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Trump tried to woo auto workers during his campaign, promising to bring jobs back to the United States and new tariffs to block Chinese car imports from Mexico.
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Opinion polls show that Trump and Harris are in a close race heading into the November 5 election, with results expected to be decided by narrow margins in battleground states such as Michigan.
