“Auto Workers for Trump” organizer blasts Biden stance on electric vehicles: “The companies shouldn’t be forced by the government to build EVs”
Guests arrive for a campaign event with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at Drake Enterprises, an automotive parts manufacturer, on September 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan.
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Outside the Trump rally, small groups of Trump supporters waived flags along a main road, while closer to the factory where the former president will speak was a small drumline with Trump supporters waiving flags nearby.
“Auto workers for Trump” signs were being handed out to attendees and MAGA hats were prevalent in the largely white, older male crowd.
Brian Pannebecker, a retired auto worker who runs a Facebook group called “Auto Workers for Trump, said he assisted in getting current and retired auto workers to the event for the Trump campaign and expects more than 200 people at the event.
Pannebecker, who worked for roughly 35 years at Ford and then at Chrysler, which is now known as Stellantis, said auto workers should vote for Trump because of his efforts with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and his stance on EVs compared to President Joe Biden.
“Donald Trump would not be pushing this EV kind of mandate on the companies or on the consumers,” said Pannebecker. “The consumers should be able to decide. Let the companies develop EVs at their own pace and let the government get the infrastructure out there at their own pace as it’s practical. … We shouldn’t be forced by the government to buy EVs, and the companies shouldn’t be forced by the government to build EVs.”
The venue where Trump will speak is an auto parts production facility, which allows little room for the stage or a large audience. It’s a significantly smaller venue than Trump’s visits to Detroit in years past.
Hundreds of chairs were set up in front of where Trump will speak, with bleachers meant for auto workers on…
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