Will Biden's EV Mandate Help Republicans Flip Michigan?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Donald Trump says his opponent wants to end gasoline cars, while Kamala Harris promises she won't tell Americans what to drive. Which side voters believe could matter next month in Michigan, where Joe Biden's federal rules on electric vehicles are a point of heated contention, including in the Senate race between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Elissa Slotkin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.3	Potomac Watch.
0:24.2	Donald Trump and Kamala Harris trade arguments in Michigan
0:27.7	about the federal government's electric vehicle mandates
0:31.1	as the Evie rules also become an issue in the close Senate
0:34.1	contest between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat
0:37.5	Alyssa Slotkin. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street
0:41.2	Journal. We are joined today by my colleagues
0:43.8	columnist Alicia Finley as well as Nick Tomano who works as a writer and editor on
0:48.7	the op-ed pages and who's recently returned from a reporting trip to the great state of Michigan.
0:54.9	As a reminder, Republicans need to pick up two Senate seats in November to ensure they control
1:00.4	the chamber next year.
1:01.5	They feel pretty confident about West Virginia
1:03.6	and increasingly Montana. But the GOP is also trying to stretch for more to
1:08.5	provide some padding on its majority, particularly since the map in 2026 is less favorable than it is this year.
1:16.0	Notable thing about Michigan, unlike some of these other states where Republicans are trying
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