As the 2024 campaign draws to a close, several Democratic Senate candidates have praised some of former President Donald Trump’s policies in ads.
Democratic Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan recently launched new political ads touting Trump-era policies. recent advertisement Mr. Baldwin is pushing for policies aimed at increasing the use of American materials in domestic infrastructure projects.
Slotkin and Republican opponent Mike Rogers are in a close race in Michigan. The two Senate candidates are competing in a toss-up situation. According to In response to an Oct. 9 poll by Quinnipiac.
In Pennsylvania, Casey holds a 3.8 point lead over Republican David McCormick. According to Send to RealClearPolling. In Wisconsin, Baldwin holds a 2.7 point lead over Republican opponent Eric Hovde. According to Send to RealClearPolling.
“We can’t let China steal Wisconsin jobs, so we wrote a law requiring American infrastructure projects to use American steel,” Baldwin said in the ad.
“Tammy Baldwin got President Trump to sign the Made in America bill,” the ad said. “And she lobbied President Biden to make it permanent.”
President Trump said in September that he would impose 200% tariffs on John Deere products if they moved manufacturing to Mexico, and had previously imposed tariffs on China, which imposed tariffs on U.S. products in August 2019. He was blaming. President Joe Biden announced he would increase tariffs in April. Trump imposed tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported into the United States from China, despite criticizing the policy during the 2020 presidential campaign.
Casey recently advertisement He supports some of President Trump’s policies, including hydraulic fracturing. President Trump said in 2016 that he supports fracking but believes it should be decided by local voters.
“Casey is leading the effort to stop corporate greed from inflation and price gouging,” the narrator says in the ad. “Casey defied Biden to protect fracking and sided with Trump to abolish NAFTA and impose tariffs on China to stop fraud.”
Slotkin also released a television. advertisement He attacked the EV mandate in early October, even though he had previously voted in favor of it. This is a policy of the Biden-Harris administration that President Trump has repeatedly ridiculed. (Related article: Chuck Todd worries that Democratic senators from powerful states may be running out of time in Washington)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 18: Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, who is running for Michigan’s vacant U.S. Senate seat, speaks at a local high school on October 18, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
“I’m Elissa Slotkin. I live on a dirt road and nowhere near a charging station,” Slotkin said in the ad. “So, I don’t own an electric car. No one should tell us what to buy, and no one is going to force us to do anything. But here’s the thing: I mean, if there’s going to be a new generation of cars, I want that new generation of cars to be built here in Michigan, not in China. It’s your decision to drive. I approve this message because it is no one else’s decision.”
The Biden-Harris administration is funding a variety of initiatives aimed at getting American car owners to switch to using EVs. The administration is pushing for funding for EV charging stations, with the goal of installing 500,000 EV charging stations in the U.S. by 2030, but it faces logistical obstacles and slow progress. I haven’t achieved my goal yet. Many American autoworkers are considering voting for Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
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